San Diego mayoral election, 1939

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San Diego mayoral election, 1939
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← 1935 April 25, 1939 (1939-04-25) 1943 →
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Nominee Percy J. Benbough Jacob Weinberger
Party Republican Nonpartisan
Popular vote 32,196 9,113
Percentage 77,9% 22.1%

Mayor before election

Percy J. Benbough
Republican

Elected Mayor

Percy J. Benbough
Republican

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The 1939 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 25, 1939 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. In the primary election, Percy J. Benbough and Jacob Weinberger received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Benbough was then reelected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.

Candidates

Campaign

Incumbent Mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. On March 28, 1939, Benbough came in first in the primary election with 57.9 percent of the votes, followed by Jacob Weinberger in second place with 24.3 percent. Because they had the two highest vote tallies, Benbough and Weinberger advanced to the runoff election. On April 25, 1939, Benbough came in first place in the runoff election with 77.9 percent of the vote and was reelected to the office of the mayor.[1]

Primary Election results

San Diego mayoral primary election, 1939[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Percy J. Benbough 22,652 57.9
Nonpartisan Jacob Weinberger 9,707 24.4
Nonpartisan Magner White 4,236 10.6
Nonpartisan Claude Chandler 3,241 8.1
Total votes 39,836 100

General Election results

San Diego mayoral general election, 1939[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Percy J. Benbough 32,196 77.9
Nonpartisan Jacob Weinberger 9,113 22.1
Total votes 41,309 100

References

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