# San Diego Assessor-Recorder-Clerk — San Diego County

Jordan Marks is running uncontested for San Diego Assessor-Recorder-Clerk — San Diego County. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. 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.

- Jurisdiction: San Diego County
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: August 31, 2026
- Source-objectivity score: 86 out of 100 (Strong), across 2 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology

## On the ballot

- **Jordan Marks** — Incumbent

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

Incumbent Jordan Marks is running unopposed for a second term as San Diego County's Assessor-Recorder-Clerk. He has been in office since January 2023. No other candidate qualified for the ballot. June's primary was canceled.

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 is San Diego County's Assessor-Recorder-Clerk. He was first elected in 2022 by a narrow 51.5% to 48.5% margin over Barbara Bry. Before winning office he served as the office's own Chief Deputy Assessor and Taxpayer Advocate. He holds a law degree and a cybersecurity executive certificate from the University of San Diego.

**Strengths:** A law degree and a cybersecurity credential. He also served as the office's own Chief Deputy Assessor and Taxpayer Advocate. Those give him direct background for valuation and records-security work.

**Trade-offs:** Running unopposed means no rival is pressure-testing his record this cycle. His broad endorsement list has no opposing platform to be compared against.

**Keep in mind:** He won his first term by fewer than 27,000 votes. Nearly 880,000 votes were cast in 2022. That was a genuinely competitive race two cycles ago. This cycle's lack of a challenger does not erase it from the record.

## Sources

1. [Ballotpedia -- Jordan Marks (California), San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk: confirms the June 2, 2026 primary was canceled -- Marks is the sole qualified candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot -- and lists a broad 2026 endorsement roster including the San Diego Union-Tribune's own editorial board, multiple public-safety unions, and several regional chambers of commerce](https://ballotpedia.org/Jordan_Marks_(California))
2. [California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- "MARKS FOR ASSESSOR 2022; SAN DIEGANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS SUPPORTING JORDAN" (Filer #1445545), status ACTIVE -- Marks's committee from his 2022 election carried forward rather than a newly named 2026 committee; no Form 460/461/450 electronically filed for the 2025-2026 cycle as of this retrieval](https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1445545&session=2025)

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