Nathan Fletcher

SAN DIEGO -- It may be a city election, but as the race for San Diego mayor heads towards November, political analysts expect a tough and expensive battle that should attract national attention. "Labor in particular, and liberals in general from all over...

SAN DIEGO -- Councilman Carl DeMaio and Rep. Bob Filner, D-San Diego, will square off in a November runoff as they battle to become the next mayor of San Diego. With no candidate receiving the more than 50 percent necessary to win the office outright,...

California’s electoral experiment, the first test of independently drawn district maps and new election rules, led to the most unpredictable state election in years. Below is a list of some of the winners and losers from Tuesday's contests....

In early returns, Councilman Carl DeMaio and Rep. Bob Filner appear headed for a November runoff to succeed termed-out Mayor Jerry Sanders....

SAN DIEGO -- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Monday endorsed Councilman Carl DeMaio's campaign to be San Diego's next mayor. "We have worked with Carl DeMaio for years and know that he stands on principle,'' said Jon Coupal, president of HJTA....

Meet Nathan Fletcher, candidate for mayor of San Diego. He will lose, at least if the polls are right. But he has raised a minor stir through a video posted online a few days back. In it, he explains his decision to leave the Republican Party and...

SAN DIEGO -- The U-T San Diego tried to clarify a recording released Monday by mayoral candidate Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher that appears to show the paper's news editor expressing strong preferences in San Diego's upcoming mayoral election. The tape was...

SAN DIEGO -- The city of San Diego wasted about $130 million last year that could have been put to good use, mayoral candidate and City Councilman Carl DeMaio said Tuesday, while the mayor's office dismissed his claims as an election-year stunt. DeMaio...

SAN DIEGO -- "Official'' support for singer Jessica Sanchez on "American Idol'' gained steam Wednesday when Mayor Jerry Sanders urged San Diego residents to support the Chula Vista teen. Sanchez is one of the four remaining contestants in the Fox program...

A new super PAC formed to support independent candidates on Friday announced its backing of Nathan Fletcher for San Diego mayor and Linda Parks for a Ventura County congressional district seat. The group is launching a TV and online media campaign to...

A computer programmed to design a promising young Republican politician would probably spit out Nathan Fletcher. Marine; Iraq combat veteran in Iraq; smart; athletic; married to a well-situated Republican; two little boys, adopted; two dogs, ditto....

The U-T San Diego — formerly the San Diego Union-Tribune — has endorsed City Councilman Carl DeMaio, a conservative Republican and the campaign's leading pension hawk and proponent for outsourcing city government jobs, for mayor in the June...