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<p><span><span><span>The November election delivered two surprising results in Chula Vista: a candidate who died two months before the election still won the City Attorney's race, and the biggest spender in the City’s history lost his campaign for Mayor despite having major endorsements and multiple times the resources than his opponent.</span></span></span></p>

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<p>The two candidates competing to be the next mayor of San Diego come from distinctly different backgrounds and from different generations but from the same political party in what is San Diego’s first Democrat-only mayor’s election.</p>

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STATEWIDE:

Governor • Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Democratic: Jerry Brown has done a great job in his first term.

Attorney General • Kamala D. Harris, Democratic: Harris has done an admirable job as Attorney General and is on the right side of the issues such as gun control, pro-marriage equality, anti-death penalty.

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<p>El padre de Erubey López llegó a los Estados Unidos sin documentos para trabajar en los campos de aguacates en Vista por muchos años. Trabajó duro en esos campos, sin papeles, sin esperanza de obtener sus documentos migratorios.</p>
<p>Pero gracias a defensores de los inmigrantes que lucharon por una reforma migratoria, y al entonces Presidente Ronald Reagan, el padre de López pudo legalizar su estatus a residente permanente legal con la amnistía de 1986, dijo López.</p>

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<p>Last week we kicked off our election review of the Sweetwater Union High School District races with Trustee Areas 1 and 2.<br>
This week we continue our look at the candidates running for the Sweetwater Board in Trustee Areas 3 and 4. Next week will take a look at the last Trustee Area 5 and start our look at Chula Vista Elementary school board race.</p>
<p>In our introduction to this review we noted that this election would be an election marked by a host of first for the district and the community.</p>