1931 San Diego mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1931 San Diego mayoral election Flag of San Diego, California.svg presidential no 1929 San Diego mayoral election 1929 1932 San Diego mayoral election 1932 1931 4 7 x150px Walter W. Austin Republican Party (US) 23,178 73.0% x150px Harry C. Clark Republican Party (US) 8,589 27.0% Mayor Harry C. Clark Republican Party (US) Walter W. Austin Republican Party (US) The 1931 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 7, 1931 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Harry C. Clark stood for reelection to a third term. In the primary election, Clark and Walter W. Austin received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Austin was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff. Candidates Walter W. Austin, businessman Harry C. Clark, mayor of San Diego George S. Parker David L. Rosco Bryant H. Howard Samuel Rose William I. Kinsley Flemmer Adams Campaign Incumbent Mayor Harry C. Clark stood for reelection to a third term. During the campaign, opponents of Clark argued that there had been little progress on $8.6 million voters had approved for water projects in 1924 under Clark's tenure.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/ch7/ September 8, 2017 On March 24, 1931, Walter W. Austin came in first in the primary election with 43.5 percent of the votes, followed by Clark in second place with 22.4 percent. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, Austin and Clark advanced to a runoff election. On April 7, 1931, Austin came in first place in the runoff election with 73 percent of the vote and was elected to the office of the mayor. Primary Election results San Diego mayoral primary election, 1931Election 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 Walter W. Austin Republican Party (US) 11,167 43.5 Harry C. Clark (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 5,748 22.4 George S. Parker Nonpartisan candidate 5,449 21.2 David L. Rosco Nonpartisan candidate 2,470 9.6 Bryant H. Howard Nonpartisan candidate 439 1.7 Samuel Rose Nonpartisan candidate 216 0.8 William I. Kinsley Nonpartisan candidate 103 0.4 Flemmer Adams Nonpartisan candidate 95 — 25,687 100 General Election results San Diego mayoral general election, 1931 Walter W. Austin Republican Party (US) 23,178 73.0 Harry C. Clark (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 8,589 27.0 31,767 100 References collapsed 1931 Category:1931 in California Category:1931 United States mayoral elections 1931 Category:April 1931 in the United States