1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election

none January 2025 September 2023 1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election San Francisco presidential no 1979 San Francisco mayoral election 1979 1983 San Francisco mayoral election 1983 April 26, 1983 yes Shall Dianne Feinstein be recalled from the office of Mayor? 134591 30166 164757 354104 yes Mayor Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) Mayor after election Dianne Feinstein Democratic Party (United States) The 1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election was held on April 26, 1983, to determine whether mayor Dianne Feinstein should be removed from office. The recall measure was overwhelmingly defeated, and Feinstein remained in office. Background In 1983, Feinstein passed a handgun ban (later overturned by the state court of appeals). This angered the far-left White Panther Party, who then organized a successful effort to force a recall election against Feinstein.DeNike Max Dump Dianne: Revisiting the 1983 Mayoral Recall https://www.sfweekly.com/news/dump-dianne-revisiting-the-1983-mayoral-recall/ SF Weekly 17 April 2020 28 July 2016Niekerken Bill Van Dianne Feinstein's early SF years: Trove of photos pulled from archive https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Dianne-Feinstein-s-early-SF-years-Trove-of-14956366.php SFChronicle.com 17 April 2020 8 January 2020Turner Wallace Mayor Feinstein, by Wide Margin, Defeats San Francisco Recall Bid https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/27/us/mayor-feinstein-by-wide-margin-defeats-san-francisco-recall-bid.html The New York Times 17 April 2020 27 April 1983 The White Panther Party's efforts to collect signatures were aided by recent anger (particularly in the city's gay community) over Feinstein's veto of legislation which would have extended city-employee benefits to domestic partners. Campaign Feinstein was considered to be a popular mayor. By the time of election day, Feinstein's victory was seen as a foregone conclusion. Feinstein's campaign had organized a very successful effort to encourage voters to use absentee ballots, and distributed absentee ballots to voters ahead of the election.Macdonald Katharine Mayor Feinstein Easily Defeats Recall Attempt https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/04/27/mayor-feinstein-easily-defeats-recall-attempt/9b944502-3f91-443e-b21b-b9c10b573a0e/ Washington Post 17 April 2020 27 April 1983 Despite some disapproval of Feinstein among the gay community, they did not heavily support recalling Feinstein. Results Feinstein only lost a single precinct out of the city's 710 voting precincts. The precinct she failed to win (which was the home district of the White Panther Party which had organized the effort to recall Feinstein) saw her lose by only a single vote.Niekerken Bill Van Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Tracing her career, from S.F. to D.C. https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2018/dianne-feinstein-timeline/ The San Francisco Chronicle 17 April 2020 2 November 2018Historical Voter Turnout sfgov.org San Francisco Department of Elections December 26, 2021 https://sfelections.sfgov.org/historical-voter-turnout October 5, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231005213807/https://sfelections.sfgov.org/historical-voter-turnout dead San Francisco mayoral recall election, 1983 No 134,591 81.69% Yes 30,166 18.31% 164,757 100 References San Francisco mayoral recall Category:Mayoral elections in San Francisco San Francisco Recall San Francisco 1983 Category:Dianne Feinstein