1939 San Diego mayoral election explained

Election Name:1939 San Diego mayoral election
Flag Image:Flag of San Diego, California.svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1935 San Diego mayoral election
Previous Year:1935
Next Election:1943 San Diego mayoral election
Next Year:1943
Nominee1:Percy J. Benbough
Party1:Republican Party (US)
Popular Vote1:32,196
Percentage1:77.9%
Nominee2:Jacob Weinberger
Party2:Democratic Party (US)
Popular Vote2:9,113
Percentage2:22.1%
Mayor
Before Election:Percy J. Benbough
Before Party:Republican Party (US)
After Election:Percy J. Benbough
After Party:Republican Party (US)

The 1939 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 25, 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. Mayor Benbough had fallen out politically with the volunteer Civic Affairs Conference that had endorsed him in the previous election. Therefore, Benbough campaigned alongside a slate of city council candidates opposed to the conference's candidates, promising to "mow 'em down."[3]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Price. Robert E.. Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary The FedMart Years—1954-1975. The Journal of San Diego History. Fall 2010. 56. 4. 186. September 10, 2017.
  2. Web site: Garth. Mark E.. Courthouse Tour: Jacob Weinberger Story. https://web.archive.org/web/19981201063704/http://www.casb.uscourts.gov/html/jacob_s_story.htm. dead. December 1, 1998. www.casb.uscourts.gov. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. September 10, 2017.
  3. Book: Pourade. Richard. The History of San Diego Volume VI: The Rising Tide, 1920-1941. 1967. Copley Press. San Diego. September 10, 2017.