City of Vista

List of Offices & Districts
District Incumbent Term Expires Registration Advantage
City Council, 1st District headshot Corinna Contreras (D) 2026 D +23.53%
City Council, 2nd District headshot Joe Green (R) 2024 D +6.76%
City Council, 3rd District headshot Katie Melendez (D) 2024 D +15.56%
City Council, 4th District headshot Dan O'Donnell (D) 2026 D +6.26%
Mayor headshot John Franklin (R) 2026 D +11.92%
Current Registration Data (As of January 10, 2023)
Total Voters DEM REP OTHER MARGIN
50,996 39.76% 27.85% 32.39% D +11.92%
Candidate Performance
Election DEM REP Margin Turnout
2022 Gubernatorial Newsom - 52.73% Dahle - 47.27% D +5.5%
2020 Presidential Biden - 57.19% Trump - 40.12% D +17.07% 81.17%
2018 Gubernatorial Newsom - 53.83% Cox - 46.17% D +7.66% 64.81%
2016 Presidential Clinton - 50.7% Trump - 40.71% D +9.99% 80.28%
2014 Gubernatorial Brown - 44.07% Kashkari - 55.93% R +11.86% 40.70%
2012 Presidential Obama - 47.09% Romney - 49.98% R +2.89% 74.46%
Ballot Measure Performance
Ballot Item Description Yes No Margin
Prop 51 (2016) School Facility Bonds 53.93% 46.07% 7.87%
Prop 62 (2016) Death Penalty Repeal 44.74% 55.26% -10.52%
Prop 6 (2018) Gas Tax Repeal 55.20% 44.80% 10.39%
Prop 15 (2020) Prop 13 Split-Roll 43.73% 56.27% -12.53%
Prop 16 (2020) Repeal Affirmative Action 36.66% 63.34% -26.69%
Prop 21 (2020) Allow Local Rent Control 38.78% 61.22% -22.44%