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

24-year Republican stalwart abandons party as GOP 'beyond redemption'

A Republican official in one of the most conservative parts of the San Diego metropolitan area is abandoning his party to join Democrats.According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, "El Cajon Councilmember Gary Kendrick announced Monday that he left the Republican Party and registered as a member of th...

El Cajon City Councilmember leaves Republican Party, registers as Democrat

Gary Kendrick, El Cajon City Councilmember and longtime Republican official, announced he is now registered as Democrat due to fear-driven political ideologies and community concerns regarding increased immigration enforcement.

El Cajon Councilmember Gary Kendrick leaves Republican party

El Cajon Councilmember Gary Kendrick announced Monday that he left the Republican Party and registered as a member of the Democratic Party, citing deep concern over recent immigration enforcement. “Today’s Republican Party is no longer grounded in the economic or personal well-being of the people that I swore an oath to serve,” Kendrick said. “We’re a city of 70 different ethnic groups, and we all get along really well, and I want to keep it tha…

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

Gary Kendrick announced he will run for re-election as a Democrat. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Democratic Party) 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 com…

El Cajon councilman switches from Republican to Democrat after 24 years in office

An El Cajon city councilman announced he is leaving the Republican Party to become a Democrat, citing the party's increasingly extreme positions and recent federal immigration enforcement actions.

Longtime El Cajon City Councilman renounces Republican Party, becomes Democrat

El Cajon City Councilmember Gary Kendrick announced he is switching political parties after nearly a quarter century in office.