He's running for congress

El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells Announces Candidacy For 51st Congressional Seat https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/el-cajon-mayor-bill-wells-announces-candidacy-for-51st-congressional-seat/3177578/

"I am running for Congress because I believe that our country needs bold, assertive leadership," he said. "Urgent action is needed to address the catastrophe of homelessness and the untreated mentally ill, the systematic degradation of the American dream, violence on our streets, and the suicidal border policies of the Biden administration."

In 2013, Mayor Wells was awarded the San Diego County Republican Party Elected Official of the Year. He also serves on the Executive Committee and the Board of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and has been the President of the Grossmont Union High School District’s Proposition H Bond Oversight Committee. Mayor Wells was born in East County and has called El Cajon home since 2002. He and his wife Betty have three children and two grandchildren. He has been a mental health professional, working mostly with the severely mentally ill, in both clinical and administrative roles. Additionally, Mayor Wells teaches classes at a local college. https://www.asugsvsummit.com/speakers/bill-wells