Watch the CA 51st District Candidate Forum: Jacobs vs. Wells [Video]

SAN DIEGO — Tuesday evening, voters had a chance to hear from the two candidates vying to lead the 51st Congressional District at a forum at Temple Emanu-El in Del Cerro. 

The 51st District is an area that has more than 760.000 residents, and includes central and eastern San Diego, as well as the cities of La Mesa, Lemon Grove and El Cajon. 

Representative Sara Jacobs, a Democrat, is asking voters to elect her to a third term in Congress. She is going up against Republican Bill Wells, who has served as the mayor of El Cajon since 2013 

On the economy and cost of living, Wells said at Tuesday’s forum, “We need to import natural gas, we need to look again at nuclear power, we need to look at making ourselves …