1939 San Diego mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1939 San Diego mayoral election Flag of San Diego, California.svg presidential no 1935 San Diego mayoral election 1935 1943 San Diego mayoral election 1943 1939 4 25 x150px Percy J. Benbough Republican Party (US) 32,196 77.9% x150px Jacob Weinberger Democratic Party (US) 9,113 22.1% Mayor Percy J. Benbough Republican Party (US) Percy J. Benbough 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 Percy J. Benbough, mayor of San Diego Jacob Weinberger, attorneyPrice Robert E. Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary The FedMart Years—1954-1975 The Journal of San Diego History Fall 2010 56 4 186 https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/v56-4/v56-4.pdf September 10, 2017Garth Mark E. Courthouse Tour: Jacob Weinberger Story http://www.casb.uscourts.gov/html/jacob_s_story.htm 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 Magner White Claude Chandler 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."Pourade Richard The History of San Diego Volume VI: The Rising Tide, 1920-1941 1967 Copley Press San Diego http://www.sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/risingtide/ch10/ September 10, 2017 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. Primary Election results San Diego mayoral primary election, 1939Election History - Mayor of San Diego https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/city-clerk/pdf/mayorresults.pdf City of San Diego September 8, 2017 Percy J. Benbough (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 22,652 57.9 Jacob Weinberger Democratic Party (US) 9,707 24.4 Magner White Nonpartisan candidate 4,236 10.6 Claude Chandler Nonpartisan candidate 3,241 8.1 39,836 100 General Election results San Diego mayoral general election, 1939 Percy J. Benbough (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 32,196 77.9 Jacob Weinberger Democratic Party (US) 9,113 22.1 41,309 100 References collapsed 1939 Category:1939 in California Category:1939 United States mayoral elections 1939 Category:April 1939 in the United States