Marni von Wilpert is a member of the San Diego City Council and former prosecutor running to unseat GOP incumbent Rep. Darrell Issa in California’s 48th Congressional District.
First elected to the City Council in 2020, she chairs the Public Safety Committee and serves on the Transportation and Select Committee on Addressing the Cost of Living. Prior to her election, Marni worked as a civil prosecutor in the San Diego City Attorney’s Office.
Marni previously served as counsel on the House Education and Labor Committee, where she helped draft the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Additionally, she served in the Peace Corps in Botswana during the AIDS epidemic and founded a legal clinic to combat discrimination in the Deep South.