Incumbent's Son Wins San Diego House Primary

KPBS | By KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 3, 2008 at 6:51 PM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Duncan D. Hunter, the son of longtime San Diego GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter, has won the Republican primary to compete for his father's House seat in November.

(Photo: Duncan D. Hunter talks to reporters at San Diego's Golden Hall. Nathan Gibbs/KPBS )

Duncan D. Hunter , the son of longtime San Diego GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter, has won the Republican primary to compete for his father's House seat in November.

The younger Hunter, a 31-year-old veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, won with 74 percent of the vote in partial returns Tuesday. He beat Bob Watkins, president of the San Diego County Board of Education, and Santee City Councilman Brian Jones.

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The elder Hunter is retiring from Congress at the end of this term, his 14th, after a failed presidential bid.

Duncan D. Hunter will be the favorite in November in the heavily Republican 52nd Congressional District, which takes in portions of the city of San Diego and suburbs to the east.