KPBS on the San Diego mayoral primary

It looks like I'll be using KPBS's videos over at Daily Kos for a while, as the San Diego Mayor's race is head to a runoff in February, but that's not the story I'm quoting.  This is.

The top vote-getter in the San Diego mayoral primary was Kevin Faulconer. But he didn't get enough to win outright, and his opponent in the coming general election will be fellow City Councilman David Alvarez.

In a surprise late-campaign sprint, Alvarez, a Democrat, passed former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher as late returns came in. The race for second remained too close to call given the tens of thousands of uncounted provisional and mail-in ballots still in play Tuesday night, but Fletcher conceded the race Wednesday afternoon and endorsed Alvarez.
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With 100 percent of the precincts counted, Faulconer led with 44 percent of the vote, followed by Alvarez with 26 percent to Fletcher's 24 percent. Fletcher, a recent convert to the Democratic party, led early from the count of mail-in ballots. But that lead evaporated as votes from Election Day were tallied, and Alvarez ultimately pulled ahead.

"The next campaign starts tonight," Alvarez told cheering supporters at an election-night party in Logan Heights. "We are moving this city forward in a way that represents all of us."

Faulconer, meanwhile, celebrated his win with supporters in a traditional election-night venue at the downtown U.S. Grant Hotel. A crowd of supporters, mostly in business attire, drank wine and beer and ate appetizers while celebrating the win in the large Palm Court room.

The election results were the top story in that night's newscast and both candidates showed up for interviews.

Thousands of University of California health care workers across the state will picketed day at hospitals and clinics statewide, including at UC San Diego medical campuses in San Diego and La Jolla. Also, the special election for San Diego mayor is over but another runoff vote will happen in a few months.

Don't believe the description; the election coverage comes first and lasts until 21:00 or so.