City of San Diego

San Diego City Council, District 6

This person holds your district's seat on San Diego's 9-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use.

Incumbent Kent Lee faces Mark Powell in a two-candidate race. The district covers University City, Kearny Mesa, Sorrento Valley and Mira Mesa. With only two candidates, both advanced automatically, and the November vote decides the race either way.

The winner holds one of nine seats on the San Diego City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and the land-use decisions behind the district's biggest fights. The term is four years.

This is the cycle's cleanest ideological contrast in San Diego: an incumbent Democrat running on housing attainability and fiscal accountability against a Republican challenger who opposes new parking fees and density and supports removing bike lanes (per KPBS). The district's street-redesign fights make those abstractions concrete.

Kent Lee

Kent Lee is the sitting councilmember, a Democrat and a former arts nonprofit director. His priorities are housing attainability and fiscal accountability. He raised about $37,500 in the primary.

Mark Powell

Mark Powell is a Republican real estate broker and a former school board member. He opposes parking fees and added density, and supports removing bike lanes. He raised over $50,000 in the primary.

Your pick

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

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