Mark Kersey

Mark Kersey
Member of San Diego City Council representing the Fifth District
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2012
Preceded by Carl DeMaio
Personal details
Born c. 1976
Political party Republican
Website City Council District 5 website

Mark Kersey (born c. 1976) is a member of the San Diego City Council representing District 5 in San Diego, California. He was elected in June 2012. He is a Republican, although city council positions are officially nonpartisan by state law.

Personal life

He is a native of Columbus, Ohio and moved to the San Diego area in 2001.[1] Kersey attended Northwestern University and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is a telecommunications analyst with and formerly maintained his own consulting firm.[2] He lives in Rancho Bernardo.[1]

Past candidacy

Kersey unsuccessfully ran for the Solana Beach City Council in 2004.[3] Kersey's candidacy was supported by the Beach and Bluff Conservancy, a local homeowners group that supported building seawalls to protect their property. Their political action committee spent $18,800 in his behalf during his unsuccessful effort to win a seat on the Solana Beach City Council.[4] During the race for Solana Beach City Council, Kersey had to retract claims that several people had endorsed him after those individuals stated that they, in fact, had not given him their endorsement. This factored into the decision of the Solana Beach Firefighters Association to pull its endorsement of Kersey, as well.[5]

In 2008 he was the president of San Diego Young Republicans[6] and was elected to the San Diego County Republican Central Committee.[7]

San Diego City Council

In 2011 Kersey announced he would run for San Diego City Council in the 2012 election. He was part of a coordinated three-person slate supported by the local Republican Party in an attempt to gain a Republican majority on the nine-member board.[8] He ran unopposed for the District 5 seat being vacated by retiring councilmember Carl DeMaio.[9] He was elected in the June primary by receiving more than 50% of the vote.[10] He took office December 3, 2012. He chairs the Infrastructure Committee and is a member of the Rules and Economic Development Committee, the Public Safety and Neighborhoods Committee, and the Budget and Finance Committee.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Davis, Rob (April 24, 2012). "The Inevitable Councilman: A Reader’s Guide to Mark Kersey". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "About Us". Kersey Research Strategies. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Heebner, Kellejian, Roberts apparent SB winners". North County Times. 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  4. ↑ Frumin, Ben (2004-11-07). "Solana Beach residents turned off by negative campaigning". North County Times. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  5. ↑ Fuchs, Ben (2004-10-07). "Candidate is in hot water over his list of supporters". San Diego Union-Tribun. pp. NC–2 NI–3. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  6. ↑ Maass, Dave (March 30, 2011). "Mark Kersey also weighing District 5 bid". San Diego CityBeat. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Results from 2008 San Diego Republican Central Committee, Assembly District 74 election from the League of Women Voters
  8. ↑ Gustafson, Craig (November 19, 2011). "Related: News» Republicans seek majority on San Diego council". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "A San Diego City Council Winner Before Votes Are Cast". KPBS Midday Edition. May 30, 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "County of San Diego, Presidential Primary Election, Tuesday, June 5, 2012" (PDF). San Diego County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "City Council Committee Meetings". City of San Diego. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

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