Mayor of San Diego
Filner announced on June 8, 2011, that he was a candidate for mayor of San Diego, California and would not run for re-election to Congress. In the primary on June 5, 2012, he placed second with 30.74% of the vote. He faced city councilmember Carl DeMaio in the November 2012 runoff election. On election day Filner edged out DeMaio, 51.9% to 48.1%. Filner, age 70, won as San Diego's first Democratic mayor since 1992 and only its second since 1971.
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