Who's Running on Santee Ballot? Time's Up to Enter November Races

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Santee , along with school board and water district openings, and candidates for the upcoming November election had until Friday at 5 p.m. to register their papers- so we know who's running.

Councilmember  and Mayor  currently occupy the major Santee positions open in November, and both are running as incumbents. Maggie Acerra, a Tea Party candidate, will face off against Dale, and perennial local candidate will run against Voepel.

Other local positions on the ballot include two  seats: Dianne El-Hajj has no opposition, and another seat is currently unopposed by an incumbent, as  won't be running. Small business owner Elena Levens-Craig is matched against real estate agent Robin Fries in that race ( has yet to return his papers to file).

Two Padre Dam seats, and a seat are also open, see candidates below.

In the 50th Congressional race, Rep. Duncan Hunter will face former San Diego Superior Court clerk David Secor.

At the state level, Assemblyman Brian Jones will compete with businessman Patrick Hurley.

Here's the candidate interest list as of Aug. 10, according to the 's office and the San Diego County Registrar of Voters:

If you plan to be a local candidate in the November election, especially running for a Santee position, we want to know! Let us know who you are, what you're running for, and why you're running in the comments below, and reach out to the Santee Patch editor at Steven.Bartholow@patch.com.