San Diego County

Board of Supervisors, 5th District


Current Registration Data (As of April 2024)
Total Voters DEM REP OTHER MARGIN
380,258 36.80% 32.53% 30.66% D +4.27%
Candidate Performance
Election DEM REP Margin Turnout
2022 Gubernatorial Newsom - 48.49% Dahle - 51.51% R +3.0% 55.78%
2020 Presidential Biden - 53.3% Trump - 44.2% D +9.10% N/A
2018 Gubernatorial Newsom - 49.0% Cox - 51.0% R +2.00% N/A
2016 Presidential Clinton - 47.6% Trump - 46.0% D +1.60% N/A
Census Data (Voting Age Population)
Total Population Total White Hispanic Black Asian Native Pacific
688,347 43.3% 40.9% 4.5% 9.6% 4.1% 1.3%
Ballot Measure Performance
Ballot Item Description Yes No Margin
Prop 1 (2022) Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment 57.78% 42.22% 15.57%

2022 General Election Results (November 8, 2022)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Jim Desmond (R) 110,529 60.11%
Tiffany Boyd-Hodgson (D) 73,353 39.89%
2018 General Election Results (November 6, 2018)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Jim Desmond (R) 112,267 56.33%
Michelle Gomez (D) 87,046 43.67%
2018 Primary Election Results (June 5, 2018)
Name Votes Vote % Vote Share
Jim Desmond (R) 58,417 45.16%
Michelle Gomez (D) 29,662 22.93%
Jerry Kern (R) 24,804 19.17%
Jacqueline Arsivaud (D) 16,482 12.74%