With early returns in, Bart Miesfeld has a narrow lead over Marco Verdugo. The special election will likely go to a runoff.
Unofficial early results show Miesfeld leading Marco Verdugo by less than 300 votes. Dan Smith Diaz is running a distant third.
They will lead an office that works with the city’s boards and commissions and each of its municipal departments, including the city clerk’s office, public works, and the police and fire departments.The winner of that race, Simon Silva, died of cancer before the election but after his name could be removed from the ballots. The
Miesfeld has more than 20 years of experience in the Chula Vista City Attorney’s Office. He joined in 1998 to help build its litigation branch. He worked his way up the ranks from assistant city attorney to senior assistant city attorney and finally appointed city attorney from 2008 to 2010 – before the role became an elected position.
Smith Diaz lost the 2022 city attorney election by 679 votes – out of a total 59,975 votes cast. He was listed as “Daniel Smith” on that ballot and said he chose to add his Diaz surname for this election at the request of his mother.
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