Councilman Kevin Faulconer won over Democratic David Alvarez in the San Diego mayor's race Tuesday. The election will bring a new chapter for the city after the scandal-plagued tenure of former Mayor Bob Filner. "This city has gone through a lot in the last year, but we knew that as San Diegans we were better than that," Faulconer said.

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Faulconer had 54.5 percent compared to Alvarez’s 45.5 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting, becoming the only Republican mayor of a top 10 U.S. city. The results dashed the hopes of Alvarez to become San Diego's first Latino mayor and its youngest in almost 120 years.

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