Chris Cate

Chris Cate
Member of the San Diego City Council
from the 6th district
In office
December 10, 2014 – December 12, 2022[1]
MayorKevin Faulconer
Todd Gloria
Preceded byLorie Zapf[2]
Succeeded byKent Lee
Personal details
BornChula Vista, California[3]
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of San Diego
WebsiteCity Council District 6 website

Chris Cate is an American elected official in San Diego, California. He served as a member of the San Diego City Council representing City Council District 6 from 2014 to 2022.[4] He is a Republican;[5] although city council positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.[6]

  1. ^ "San Diego swears in all-Democrat 74th city council, selects council president". KBPS. No. December 12, 2022. City News Service. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Huard, Christine (June 4, 2014). "Lorie Zapf Is Returned to Council, but Cate Faces Runoff With Kim". Times of San Diego. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Yacovelle, Jess (June 2016). "Getting to Know District 6's Chris Cate". FINE Magazine. Del Mar, California. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Kent Lee Declares 'We Did It!' – Claims Victory in San Diego's District 6 Council Race". Times of San Diego. November 10, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Keatts, Andrew (November 5, 2014). "What Chris Cate Means for the City Council (Hint: the Veto-Proof Majority Isn't a Big Deal)". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "How To Run For Office Details". Office of the City Clerk. City of San Diego. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Each of these offices is non-partisan.
    Zoltan L. Hajnal; Paul G. Lewis; Hugh Louch (2002). "Municipal Elections in California: Turnout, Timing, and Competition" (PDF). Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved March 14, 2017. Nonpartisan elections—those in which party labels are not included on the official ballot and parties do not have control over nominating procedures—are mandated for local elections statewide and are thus not included as a variable in our analysis.