1979 San Diego mayoral election

1979 San Diego mayoral election

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Nominee Pete Wilson Simon Casady Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 90,530 46,502 Percentage 61.6% 31.6%

Mayor before election Pete Wilson Republican Elected Mayor Pete Wilson Republican

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The 1979 San Diego mayoral election was held on September 18, 1979 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent Pete Wilson stood for reelection for a third term. As the result of a voter-approved amendment to the City Charter to align mayoral elections with state elections, the winner of the election stood to receive an extended five-year term.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties.^[1] The non-partisan primary was held September 18, 1979. Wilson received a majority of the votes in the primary and was reelected mayor with no need for a runoff election.

Candidates

• Pete Wilson, Mayor of San Diego^[2]
• Simon Casady, former newspaper publisher^[2]
• John Kelley, businessman and perennial candidate^[3]
• Charlotte Buchanan, homemaker^[3]
• Michael Gomez, high school counselor^[3]
• Jerry Lester, pharmacist and minister^[3]
• Raul Gonzalez^[3]

Campaign

On June 19, 1979, former newspaper publisher Simon Casady announced he would run for mayor of San Diego. Casady was considered the strongest challenger to Wilson's attempt at a third term. Although the position of mayor is officially non-partisan, Casady, a liberal Democrat and long-time activist, hoped to run a partisan campaign against Wilson.^[2] Wilson officially announced his candidacy for re-election on June 20, 1979. Wilson emphasized his positive record in his previous two terms as mayor in his re-election campaign.^[4]

On September 18, 1979, Wilson was re-elected easily with 61.6 percent of the vote. Casady came in second with 31.6 percent of the vote. The five remaining candidates garnered less than 7 percent vote combined. Because Wilson received a majority of the vote, he was reelected outright with no need for a runoff election.^[5]

Primary election results

General election

Because Wilson was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the primary, no runoff election was held.

References

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