San Diego mayoral race set for runoff as a Democrat steps aside

By means of Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two San Diego metropolis councilmen, a Republican backed via the downtown establishment and a Democrat in the hunt for to change into the city's first Hispanic mayor, will compete in a runoff election early next 12 months to exchange disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner. The stage for a runoff between Republican front-runner Kevin Faulconer and Democrat David Alvarez used to be firmly set on Wednesday when a second Democrat, Nathan Fletcher, conceded defeat in a different mayoral election and threw his give a boost to to Alvarez. A complete of 11 candidates ran in Tuesday's non-partisan race, which was once brought on via Filner's resignation in August over a sexual harassment lawsuit, ending his temporary tenure as the first Democratic mayor of California's 2d-largest metropolis.