John McCann, Paloma Aguirre take lead in tight Supervisors District 1 Primary Election

From left John McCann and Paloma Aguirre campaign photos Chula Vista Mayor John McCann holds a lead over six challengers including four elected representatives running to replace former San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas in her District seat in Tuesday s primary McCann leads with of the vote followed by Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre at and San Diego City Councilwoman Vivian Moreno at according to the San Diego Registrar of Voters with of ballots counted The other candidates are Chula Vista Deputy Mayor Carolina Chavez strength consultant Elizabeth Efird business owner and former Imperial County Supervisor Louis Fuentes and marketing firm associate Lincoln Pickard Vargas publicized in late December that she would not serve her second term despite winning re-election in November Due to personal safety and assurance reasons I will not take the oath of office for a second term she commented in a message at the time With a population of residents District contains three cities Chula Vista Imperial Beach and National City It also holds neighborhoods within the city of San Diego including East Village Mountain View and San Ysidro and six unincorporated communities including Bonita East Otay Mesa and portion of Spring Valley If no candidate receives a majority of the votes on Tuesday a runoff will take place July The winner will fill the vacant seat until January The Registrar s office can confirm when an individual ballot was received at sdvote com