page_title: Nathan Fletcher
section_title: Campaign for Mayor of San Diego
hierarchical_section_title: Nathan Fletcher / Legislative and political career / Campaign for Mayor of San Diego
caption_attribution_description: English: Supporters gather around Fletcher during his 2013 Mayoral bid.
context_page_description: Nathan Gonzalez-Fletcher is an American politician, Marine Corps Combat Veteran, and educator who served two terms in the California State Assembly. He serves as a professor of practice in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is also Supervisor for the 4th District and the only Democrat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
context_section_description: In June 2011, Fletcher announced his candidacy for the mayorship of San Diego. Fletcher started the race as a registered Republican. However, a few weeks after the local Republican Party endorsed his opponent Carl DeMaio, Fletcher announced he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent. Fletcher ultimately came in third in the June 2012 primary and did not advance to the general election.
  On August 20, 2013, Fletcher, now a Democrat, officially filed his intention to be a mayoral candidate with the City Clerk's Office—a day before a tentative agreement was reached for Mayor Bob Filner's resignation. Fletcher was endorsed by California Governor Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris. However, in the election held November 19, 2013, he came in third with 24.3 percent of the vote and thus did not advance to the runoff election in February 2014. On November 20, he conceded and endorsed fellow Democrat David Alvarez.
caption: Supporters gather around Fletcher during his 2013 Mayoral bid.
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