Late last year Lucas O'Connor brought us up to date on the parameters of the mayoral election in San Diego. As he said, it's one of the last big cities in America that still has a Republican mayor. There was a big gap to close in December and progressive City Councilman David Alvarez seems to have closed it.
/by Lucas O'ConnorSan Diego is the largest border city in the country, and one of the last big cities where Republicans have been able to stay competitive. That's been changing in recent years thanks to a whole lot of hard work to organize emerging communities, and in a special election this February the city now has the chance to elect a strong progressive as San Diego's first Latino mayor.
