Juan Vargas

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Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-2000	Democratic	AD-79	55689	Win
11-05-2002	Democratic	AD-79	37479	Win
11-02-2004	Democratic	AD-79	78565	Win
11-02-2010	Democratic	SD-40	101767	Win
11-06-2012	Democratic	CD-51	113934	Win
11-04-2014	Democratic	CD-51	56373	Win
11-08-2016	Democratic	CD-51	145162	Win
11-06-2018	Democratic	CD-51	109527	Win
11-03-2020	Democratic	CD-51	165596	Win
11-08-2022	Democratic	CD-52	100686	Win
11-05-2024	Democratic	CD-52	0

Candidate Biography:

Juan Carlos Vargas
Born: March 7, 1961 in National City, CA
Married: Adrienne DeAscoli (m. 1990)
Daughters: Rosa Celina and Helena Jeanne

1993-2001: Member, San Diego City Council
1996: Primary Candidate for CD-50 (Lost; 45.5%)
2006: Primary Candidate for CD-51 (Lost; 42.6%)
2006-2010: Vice President of External Relations, Safeco
2013: Resigned from the State Senate on January 3.
2016: Delegate, Democratic National Convention

• CLOSE CONTEST: In the 2010 Primary Election, Vargas took the lead 18 days after the election. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Mary Salas declared victory in the SD-40 Primary on the morning of June 9th "after securing a slim but solid lead" (Salas, 50.6%, Vargas, 49.4%) but Juan Vargas declined to concede the election. It wasn't until June 26th that Vargas took an extremely narrow lead in the vote count (Vargas, 50.1%; Salas, 49.9%). According to the Sacramento Bee, Vargas declared victory on the evening of July 12th when the final votes were counted, giving him a 22-vote margin. Salas ended the recount and conceded the election on July 22.

Source: California Legislature Handbook (2001-02)