Republican Kevin Faulconer trumped David Alvarez in Tuesday’s special mayoral election, landing nearly 55 percent of the vote by night’s end. But maybe it didn’t have to be that way.
A few factors contributed to the Democrat’s loss, Scott Lewis explains. Among them: the calendar, Alvarez’s decision to stay planted on the left and Faulconer’s consistent charge down the center.
Watch this week’s San Diego Explained below for more 20/20 hindsight, and what we can expect of the city’s political dynamics in the coming year.