List of special elections to the San Diego City Council
2013 District 4 special election
On November 17, 2012, Council President Tony Young announced that he would resign from the City Council early to become CEO of the San Diego-Imperial Counties chapter of the American Red Cross, triggering a special election.

List of special elections to the San Diego City Council

Section Title: 2013 District 4 special election
Table Section Text: On November 17, 2012, Council President Tony Young announced that he would resign from the City Council early to become CEO of the San Diego-Imperial Counties chapter of the American Red Cross, triggering a special election.

2013 San Diego City Council District 4 special election Vacancy resulting from the resignation of Tony Young

Primary election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

Democratic	Myrtle Cole	4,304	32.3

Democratic	Dwayne Crenshaw	2,025	15.2

Democratic	Brian "Barry" Pollard	1,548	11.6

Democratic	Ray Smith	1,207	9.1

Democratic	Blanca Lopez Brown	1,084	8.1

Republican	Sandy Spackman	1,067	8.0

Democratic	Bruce Williams	1,059	8.0

Democratic	Tony Villafranca	621	4.7

Democratic	Monica Montgomery	404	3.0

Total votes	13,319	100

General election

Democratic	Myrtle Cole	6,612	54.1

Democratic	Dwayne Crenshaw	5,603	45.9

Total votes	12,215	100

Sentence(s)

In 2013, Montgomery was a candidate in the special election to represent District 4 of the San Diego City Council following Tony Young's resignation to lead the Red Cross Chapter.

final_sentence: In 2013, Montgomery was a candidate in the special election to represent District 4 of the San Diego City Council following Tony Young's resignation to lead the Red Cross Chapter.