County

San Diego Assessor-Recorder-Clerk

This person runs the county department that assesses property values for tax purposes. It also records real-estate and vital documents. The office serves as county clerk for marriage licenses and business filings. The term is four years.

Jordan Marks has run this county office since January 2023. No one else qualified, so he is unopposed for a second term. June's primary was called off.

This person runs the county department that assesses property values for tax purposes, records real-estate and vital documents, and serves as county clerk for marriage licenses and business filings. The term is four years.

With no opponent, this contest is less a choice between platforms than a look at what Marks has done with the office since his narrow 2022 win. A broad, cross-ideological endorsement list -- public-safety unions, business and Realtor groups, and the San Diego Union-Tribune's own editorial board -- suggests wide institutional comfort with his tenure, though an endorsement list is not an independent performance review.

Jordan Marks

Jordan Marks won this seat in 2022. He beat Barbara Bry 51.5% to 48.5%. Before that he was the office's own Chief Deputy Assessor and Taxpayer Advocate.

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