SAN DIEGO: Homocon Carl DeMaio Drops US House Bid To Run For Mayor Again

Politico reports that failed 2012 San Diego mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio will end his bid for the US House to run for mayor once again.

DeMaio, who is openly gay, had been a top GOP recruit for next year’s midterms. After losing the 2012 San Diego mayor’s race to Democrat Bob Filner, he immediately launched a campaign to unseat freshman Democratic Rep. Scott Peters. But as Filner came under fire for allegedly sexually harassing a number of women, DeMaio said that he had shifted his focus from the congressional race to possibly running for mayor again. Last month, Filner resigned, paving the way for a Nov. 19 special election.

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RELATED:  Last week DeMaio angrily denied a claim that he'd been seen masturbating in the men's room of the San Diego City Council. Another news story alleges that DeMaio was secretly behind the drive to recall disgraced former Mayor Bob Filner, presumably with the intent to position DeMaio to replace him. Filner resigned before the recall campaign officially launched. In July the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed DeMaio's bid for the US House. Also in July, local LGBT activists organized a campaign to boo DeMaio during this year's pride parade, noting that he'd been reluctant to endorse marriage equality and had accepted donations from backers of Proposition 8. DeMaio, a wealthy political consultant, is vehemently anti-union and has vowed that LGBT rights will never affect his political decisions.