Montgomery Steppe Drives Into The Runoff For County Supervisor

By Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Scott Lewis, the Voice of San Diego

August 17, 2023

San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery Steppe will advance to a runoff in November in the race to fill a vacant county supervisor seat.

It’s a bit too early to say who may join her: Republican Amy Reichert had a lead of 2,913 votes over Democrat Janessa Goldbeck as of late night Tuesday — a difference of 3.5 percentage points of the total vote. And that lead kept growing.

The numbers: Montgomery Steppe had 40.63 percent of the 79,289 votes counted, as of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Reichert had 29 percent and Goldbeck 25.3 percent. Republican Paul McQuigg was behind all three with only 5 percent.

There are 20,000 votes left to count, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters. The next results will drop on Aug. 17.

You’ll have to wait: They don’t plan another update until Thursday evening.

The candidates are waiting. There’s a lot of waiting.

Eyes on Montgomery Steppe’s council seat: If Montgomery Steppe is triumphant in November, her City Council District 4 seat will open. That district includes the neighborhoods of Lincoln Park, Encanto, Chollas View, Emerald Hills, Paradise Hills, Mountain View and more.

As the Union-Tribune reported, the city would have to hold a special election because there would be more than one year left on her term. The U-T also pointed out that potential candidates for her seat could include Henry Foster, Montgomery Steppe’s chief of staff, local activists Francine Maxwell and Tariq Harris.

On Tuesday night activist Shane Harris wrote on Twitter that he is “#ready” to step up.

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