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Politically Speaking: Voters to fill District 1 supervisor seat in special election
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Politically Speaking: Voters to fill District 1 supervisor seat in special election

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors officially set in motion the special election to fill the District 1 seat vacated suddenly by former Chair Nora Vargas late last year. Plus, the sunny city of San Diego has dreary financial prospects going into the next fiscal year. NBC 7 Politically Speaking host Joey Safchik has more.

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