SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A judge Wednesday denied former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s request to be labeled as the city’s retired mayor on the ballot in this year’s gubernatorial recall election. Earlier this week, Faulconer’s campaign announced it planned to sue the Secretary of State’s Office regarding his ballot designation, alleging that no regulations prohibit the use of the word “retired.” Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s court filings argue that Faulconer was termed out as San Diego’s mayor and thus did not voluntarily retire from the office. Faulconer argued in court papers that he took the mayor’s job knowing he would eventually have to depart the office due to term limits, meaning he “voluntarily undertook a job that would, as a matter of law, force his early retirement from that job.”