1935 San Diego mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1935 San Diego mayoral election Flag of San Diego, California.svg presidential no 1932 San Diego mayoral election 1932 1939 San Diego mayoral election 1939 1935 4 23 x150px Percy J. Benbough Republican Party (US) 22,190 54.4% 3x4.svg A. Ray Sauer Jr. Nonpartisan candidate 18,615 45.6% Mayor Albert W. Bennett (acting) Republican Party (US) Percy J. Benbough Republican Party (US) The 1935 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 23, 1935, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Two mayors had resigned since the previous mayoral election, and no incumbent mayor stood for reelection. In the primary election, Percy J. Benbough and A. Ray Sauer Jr. received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Benbough was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff. Candidates Percy J. Benbough, mortician and mayoral candidate in 1927Pourade 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/ch8/ September 10, 2017 A. Ray Sauer Jr. Harry Steinmetz, San Diego State College teacher William E. Harper Henry B. Cramer Le Roy E. Goodbody Daniel M. Denton C. Leon De Aryan Rufus S. Hendon Campaign Previously elected mayor John F. Forward Jr. had resigned mid-term and did not contest the 1935 election.Forward to End Job August 1 Action Follows His Failure to Oust F. M. Lockwood as City Manager Three Councilmen and City Attorney in Line for Post as Municipal Head https://www.proquest.com/docview/163211157 September 5, 2013 Los Angeles Times April 18, 1934 A8 His appointed replacement, Rutherford B. Irones had also resigned prior to the election and did not contest it.Hit-Run Mayor Drops Out. https://www.nytimes.com/1935/02/05/archives/hitrun-mayor-drops-out.html September 5, 2013 The New York Times February 5, 1935 Vice Mayor Albert W. Bennett served as acting mayor during the campaign.Bennett Acting Mayor of S.D. as Irones Fate Debated http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=K6AY52NPMTM5MzM5MDc1OS44NTQ2MToxOjEzOjEzMC4xOTEuMTcuMzg&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=12&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=12&p_docnum=3&toc=true&p_docref=v2:136E6CB81C5E443C@EANX-13AA17BB6E5C47D2@2427836-13AA11960AFCE1CF@0-13AC2E5B40C61EC0 February 26, 2014 Evening Tribune February 2, 1935 1 Bennett did not contest the election. Several civic leaders who called themselves the Civic Affairs Conference endorsed a slate of candidates for the 1935 mayoral and city council elections. The convention endorsed local businessman Percy J. Benbough as their candidate for mayor. Another challenger was Harry C. Steinmetz, a teacher at San Diego State College who ran a socialistic campaign endorsing full public ownership of all utilities. On March 26, 1935, Benbough came in first in the primary election with 34.6 percent of the votes, followed by A. Ray Sauer Jr., son of the publisher of a weekly newspaper, in second place with 20.5 percent. Steinmetz finished third with 12.4 percent of the vote, and was eliminated from the runoff. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, Benbough and Sauer advanced to a runoff election. On April 23, 1935, Benbough came in first place in the runoff election with 54.3 percent of the vote and was elected to the office of the mayor. Primary election results 1935 San Diego mayoral primary electionElection 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 Republican Party (US) 12,443 34.6 A. Ray Sauer Jr. Nonpartisan candidate 7,349 20.5 Harry C. Steinmetz Socialist Party of America 4,470 12.4 William E. Harper Nonpartisan candidate 3,875 10.8 Henry B. Cramer Nonpartisan candidate 3,629 10.1 Le Roy E. Goodbody Nonpartisan candidate 3,161 8.8 Daniel M. Denton Nonpartisan candidate 444 1.2 C. Leon De Aryan Nonpartisan candidate 339 0.9 Rufus S. Hendon Nonpartisan candidate 229 0.6 35,939 100 General election results 1935 San Diego mayoral general election Percy J. Benbough Republican Party (US) 22,190 54.4 A. Ray Sauer Jr. Nonpartisan candidate 18,615 45.6 40,805 100 References 1935 Category:1935 in California Category:1935 United States mayoral elections 1935 Category:April 1935 in the United States