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November 5, 2024

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Bill Wells (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent California's 51st Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Wells was a Republican candidate for California's 50th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Wells lost the primary on June 5, 2018.

Wells was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Biography

Dr. Bill Wells was born in and lives in California. Wells' career experience includes working as a mental health professional (doctor of clinical psychology and a registered nurse) and as a planning commissioner. Wells was elected to serve on the El Cajon City Council in 2008 and also began serving as mayor of El Cajon, California, in 2013.[2]

Elections

2024

See also: California's 51st Congressional District election, 2024

California's 51st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs defeated Bill Wells in the general election for U.S. House California District 51 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
58.9
 
122,245
Image of Bill Wells
Bill Wells (R)
 
41.1
 
85,329

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 207,574
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 51

Incumbent Sara Jacobs and Bill Wells defeated Stan Caplan and Hilaire Shioura in the primary for U.S. House California District 51 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs (D)
 
57.4
 
90,901
✔
Image of Bill Wells
Bill Wells (R)
 
39.1
 
61,923
Image of Stan Caplan
Stan Caplan (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
3,164
Image of Hilaire Shioura
Hilaire Shioura (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
2,496

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 158,484
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Endorsements

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Wells received the following endorsements.

2022

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

2020

See also: California's 50th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 50

Darrell Issa defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar in the general election for U.S. House California District 50 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa (R)
 
54.0
 
195,521
Image of Ammar Campa-Najjar
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)
 
46.0
 
166,869

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 362,390
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 50

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 50 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ammar Campa-Najjar
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)
 
36.5
 
74,121
✔
Image of Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa (R)
 
23.1
 
47,036
Image of Carl DeMaio
Carl DeMaio (R)
 
19.9
 
40,347
Image of Brian Jones
Brian Jones (R)
 
10.6
 
21,495
Image of Marisa Calderon
Marisa Calderon (D) (Unofficially withdrew) Candidate Connection
 
5.7
 
11,557
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Nathan Wilkins (R)
 
2.1
 
4,276
Image of Jose Cortes
Jose Cortes (Peace and Freedom Party of California) Candidate Connection
 
0.9
 
1,821
Image of Helen Horvath
Helen Horvath (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.6
 
1,249
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Henry Ota (Independent)
 
0.4
 
908
Image of Lucinda Jahn
Lucinda Jahn (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
0.2
 
410

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 203,220
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: California's 50th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 50

Incumbent Duncan Hunter defeated Ammar Campa-Najjar in the general election for U.S. House California District 50 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter (R)
 
51.7
 
134,362
Image of Ammar Campa-Najjar
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)
 
48.3
 
125,448

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 259,810
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 50

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 50 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter (R)
 
47.4
 
69,563
✔
Image of Ammar Campa-Najjar
Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)
 
17.6
 
25,799
Image of Bill Wells
Bill Wells (R)
 
12.9
 
18,951
Image of Josh Butner
Josh Butner (D)
 
12.9
 
18,944
Image of Patrick Malloy
Patrick Malloy (D)
 
5.9
 
8,607
Image of Shamus Sayed
Shamus Sayed (R)
 
2.1
 
3,079
Image of Richard Kahle
Richard Kahle (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
1.2
 
1,714

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 146,657
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2010

See also: California State Assembly elections, 2010

Wells' opponents in the June 8 primary were Christine Rubin and Brian Jones. The winner faced Democrat Mark Hanson and Libertarian Richard Belitz in the general election.

California House of Representatives, District 77 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Jones (R) 19,559
Bill Wells (R) 13,003
Christine Rubin (R) 12,843

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Bill Wells campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House California District 51Lost general$758,406 $742,531
2020U.S. House California District 50Withdrew primary$53,069 $50,779
2018U.S. House California District 50Lost primary$57,146 N/A**
Grand total$868,620 $793,310
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from California, 2016 and Republican delegates from California, 2016

Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.

California primary results

See also: Presidential election in California, 2016
California Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 74.7% 1,582,099 172
Ted Cruz 9.5% 201,441 0
John Kasich 11.4% 242,073 0
Ben Carson 0.7% 14,938 0
Jim Gilmore 3.7% 77,417 0
Totals 2,117,968 172
Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[3][4]

Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[3][4]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 2016
    2. ↑ Mayor Bill Wells, Congress 2024, "MEET BILL WELLS," accessed January 28, 2024
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016


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