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The Republican presidential nominee carried the county in every presidential election from 1948 through 2004, except in 1992 when Bill Clinton won a plurality. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win a majority of votes in San Diego County since World War II; he won a majority of county votes again in 2012.
There have been 19 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861 to 1865, and the most recent being Donald Trump. See: List of presidents of the United States. This is a list of the official state and territorial party organizations of the Republican Party.
Republican: January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915 Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data missing] Progressive: January 4, 1915 – January 8, 1917 San Diego: William A. Doran : Republican: January 8, 1917 – January 3, 1921 Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing] Robert W. Colburn : Republican
The Republican Party was born in 1854 as a primary vehicle to oppose the expansion of slavery in the United States. In 1856, Republicans nominated John C. Frémont, one of California's inaugural senators, for the 1856 presidential election, [5] but he lost the state by a wide margin to Democrat and eventual winner James Buchanan, though he did win the state of New York.
5. David Chan was the first chairman to serve concurrently as chairman of a county Republican party. Chan served as chair of Alameda County, where he was the youngest-known county chairman in California Republican Party history. There have been seven chairmen of CCR to serve a second distinct term. One chair, Jim Michalski, served three terms.
The district takes in a stretch of San Diego County's coast from Solana Beach to the Mexican border, including part of San Diego Bay and coastal San Diego. It comprises a variety of communities, including downtown San Diego, beachfront neighborhoods, UC San Diego, and a military base.
For decades the official greeter and host of the fair was Don Diego, a smiling caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernández from 1947 until his death in 1984. The character was based on a real person, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in the Del Mar area during the late 1800s; Alvarado was known for his grand parties and was regarded as the local symbol of a ...
As of the 2020 redistricting, California's 50th congressional district is located in Southern California. It encompasses most of the South Bay region of San Diego County. San Diego County is split between this district, the 48th district, the 49th district, the 51st district, and 52nd district. The 50th and 48th are partitioned by Gopher Canyon ...