2008, Aguirre lost to Goldsmith: 59.5 percent to 40.5 percent. After leaving office After leaving his post as City Attorney, Aguirre returned to private legal practice by forming the law firm of Aguirre Morris & Severson, along with two colleagues from the City Attorney's office: Mia Severson, who had headed the City Attorney's civil litigation division; and Chris Morris, who had headed the City's Criminal Division. Aguirre also started the National Center for Regulatory Reform, which has issued extensive reports on the Market Crash of 2008. Following the resignation of Mayor Bob Filner in August 2013, Aguirre declared his intention to run in the special election for mayor to replace him. In the primary election held November 19, 2013, Aguirre came in a distant fourth with 4.44 percent of the vote, and thus did not advance to the runoff election held in November. In 2014, Aguirre represented a woman named Ruth Hendricks who was challenging the $4.7 billion settlement deal for the failed San Onofre nuclear plant in San Diego County. His questions during the settlement approval process were not addressed. By 2015, his questions about backchannel dealings between regulators and utility companies were being taken more seriously, as criminal investigators seized notes from a secret meeting in Poland where the framework of a San Onofre deal was first discussed. Electoral history References External links Aguirre Morris & Severson LLP San Diego Magazine article (October, 2004) Living people 1949 births American politicians of Mexican descent American people of Spanish descent Arizona State University alumni UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Hispanic and Latino American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Democratic Party California local politicians San Diego City Attorneys