- Democrat Monica Montgomery Steppe, San Diego City Council president pro tem
- 41.63%
- Democrat Janessa Goldbeck, Marine veteran and nonprofit organizer
- 24.84%
- Republican Amy Reichert, founder of Reopen San Diego
- 28.91%
- Republican Paul McQuigg, Marine veteran
- 4.62%
The Registrar will update results by 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. For the latest results, click here.
With only 1,300 votes outstanding and more than 10,000 votes between the top two vote-getters, it was unlikely that the results would change in any drastic way.
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Since no candidate will receive more than 50% of the vote, the top-two candidates will advance to a runoff election Nov. 7. It appears the runoff will be between Montgomery-Steppe and Reichert.
The successful candidate will fill the seat for the remainder of the current term ending in January 2027.
How are votes being counted?
Results posted by the Registrar of Voters early Tuesday night include mail-in ballots received before Aug. 15 and early voting ballots submitted at vote centers Aug. 5 - Aug. 14.
So far, 91,734 mail-in ballots and 2,438 vote center ballots have been counted, according to the Registrar's last update. Remaining vote center ballots will be counted as they are brought in from voting centers, according to the Registrar.
Still to count are likely thousands of mail ballots dropped off at vote centers and mail ballot drop box locations across the county on Election Day. As long as a mail ballot is postmarked on or before Election Day, it counts, according to the Registrar. The Registrar said it mailed nearly 400,000 ballots to voters in District 4.
Provisional ballots are also counted after Election Day, as are unsigned ballots or ballots with signatures that don't match as long as they are "cured," or corrected, by voters up to two days before the election results are certified.
The county has 30 days from Election Day to certify the election, but the Registrar said it doesn't expect it will need the full certification period. Until certification happens, all results posted by the Registrar are considered unofficial.
How we got here
Correction: This story has been updated to identify Democrat Monica Montgomery Steppe as San Diego City Council president pro tem; not San Diego City Council president pro team.
