San Diego County's longest-serving GOP city official seeks re-election as Democrat

[RandySF]

Gary Kendrick, who has served on the El Cajon City Council since 2002, announced Monday he has formally left the Republican Party and will run for re-election as a Democrat.

According to the San Diego County Democratic Party, Kendrick, “once a lifelong Republican who was elected with 85% of the vote in his last election … has come to recognize that today’s Republican Party is no longer grounded in the economic or personal well-being of the people he swore an oath to serve.”

The East County city is governed by a five-member city council, on which the mayor also sits.

“Moments of consequence call for clarity and action, which is why I am formally renouncing the Republican Party and joining the Democratic Party,” Kendrick said during a news conference outside city hall. “I’m in this fight to protect El Cajon from the far-right radicals who threaten our way of life.



https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2026/02/09/san-diego-countys-longest-serving-gop-city-official-seeks-re-election-as-democrat/

[Lovie777]

1. Say what?....................

I watch a lot of spy movies, well with sci-fi twist, so Democrats, be observant.

[Multichromatic]

2. I don't trust him.

So, the councilman is afraid of losing his seat? I appreciate him speaking out... but I don't think we need any Republican chameleons joining the Democratic Party. I could be wrong. However, a leopard rarely changes their spots.

[quaint]

3. He has been supported by Democrats for over a decade. Both people and politicians.

Actively anti-ice, as well.