Ann Johnston | |
Office1: | 77th Mayor of Stockton, California |
Term Start1: | January 6, 2009 |
Term End1: | January 8, 2013 |
Predecessor1: | Edward Chavez |
Successor1: | Anthony Silva |
Office2: | Member of the Stockton City Council |
Term Start2: | 1995 |
Term End2: | 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Dale Fritchen |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | Politician |
Ann Johnston is an American politician who served as the 77th mayor of Stockton, California from 2009 until 2013.[1] She ran for re-election in 2012 but was defeated by Anthony Silva.
Johnston served as a Lodi Unified School District Board Member from 1979 to 1992. Several years later, in 1994, Johnston ran for the Stockton City Council and won. She successfully ran for re-election in 1998 and left the office in 2002.[2]
Years later, Johnston declared her candidacy for the city's mayor in the 2008 election, and won, receiving 55.8% of the vote. On June 28, 2012, during her tenure as mayor, the City of Stockton filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, making it the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, until Detroit filed for bankruptcy the next year.[3]
Mayor of Stockton
2008 Stockton mayoral election | |||||
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Candidate | First-round[4] | Runoff[5] | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Ann Johnston | 7,263 | 21.42 | 44,159 | 59.26 | |
Clem Lee | 8,473 | 29.14 | 33,144 | 43.83 | |
Steve Gutierrez | 5,939 | 20.43 | |||
Ralph Lee White | 2,495 | 8.58 | |||
Motecuzoma Sánchez | 614 | 2.11 | |||
Woody Roe Alspaugh | 512 | 1.76 | |||
Write-ins | 58 | 0.20 | 245 | 0.32 | |
Total | 29,072 | 100 | 75,613 | 100 |
2012 Stockton mayoral election | |||||
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Candidate | First-round[6] | Runoff[7] | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Anthony Silva | 7,263 | 21.42 | 44,159 | 59.26 | |
Ann Johnston (incumbent) | 13,830 | 40.79 | 30,360 | 40.74 | |
Jimmie M. Rishwain | 5,085 | 15.00 | |||
Ralph Lee White | 3,918 | 11.55 | |||
Tony Stevens | 1,601 | 4.72 | |||
James "Jim" Butler | 1,166 | 3.44 | |||
Gregory S. Pitsch | 904 | 2.67 | |||
Total | 33,908 | 100 | 74,519 | 100 |