How are North County’s San Diego County Board of Supervisors candidates different? We asked. – inewsource

How are North County’s San Diego County Board of Supervisors candidates different? We asked.  inewsource

Republican Rebecca Jones faces Democrat Kyle Krahel in the race for the District 5 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The closely-watched race for District 5 supervisor could alter the makeup of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors or help cement its 3-2 political split of recent years. Voters are choosing between two candidates for District 5 supervisor in North County. Republican Rebecca Jones, the current mayor of San Marcos, and Democrat Kyle Krahel, former chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, are competing to represent nearly 700,000 residents in Escondido, Oceanside, Vista and San Marcos as well as several unincorporated communities and tribal nations in northeastern San Diego County.

The five-person Board of Supervisors, which governs all of San Diego County, is technically nonpartisan but party politics and views play a role in policy and the board currently has a 3-2 Democratic majority. The district, which has nearly 400,000 registered voters, is often a toss-up. Democrats have a slight voter registration edge over Republicans, 36% to 32% and nearly 23% of the voters are listed as “no party preference.” Going back to 2014, district voters have cast more ballots for Democrats than for Republicans in three presidential elections but have voted in greater numbers for Republicans than for Democrats in three gubernatorial races. Republicans