Incumbents look to maintain seats in SD-area state legislative races

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Seven San Diego-area state legislative incumbents are trying to retain their seats in Tuesday's election, while a pair of Democrats are vying to fill the Assembly seat vacated by mayoral candidate Todd Gloria.

The lone state Senate race in the county pits Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, against Republican Linda Blankenship in District 39, which stretches from Solana Beach to southern San Diego, and east into San Pasqual Valley.

Atkins was running unopposed in the March primary until Blankenship emerged as a write-in candidate.

Blankenship, a Carmel Valley r...