1951 San Diego mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1951 San Diego mayoral election Flag of San Diego, California.svg presidential no 1947 San Diego mayoral election 1947 1955 San Diego mayoral election 1955 1951 4 17 x150px John D. Butler Republican Party (US) 46,400 59.6% 3x4.svg Gerald C. Crary Nonpartisan candidate 31,501 40.4% Mayor Harley E. Knox Republican Party (US) John D. Butler Republican Party (US) The 1951 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 17, 1951 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Harley E. Knox did not stand for reelection. In the primary election, Gerald C. Crary and John D. Butler received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Butler was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff. Candidates John D. Butler, attorneySan Diego to Pick Mayor https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/160602652/ September 10, 2017 Los Angeles Times March 12, 1951 42Pourade Richard The History of San Diego Volume VII: City of the Dream, 1940-1970 1977 Copley Press San Diego http://www.sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/citydream/ch2/ September 10, 2017 Gerald C. Crary, former member of the San Diego City Council Fred A. Rhodes, former City Manager and Public Works Director Lilliam A. Johnson, realtor Hugh V. Knox, former reporter Clifton L. Voorhies, golf professional Edwin F. Murphy, realtor Campaign Incumbent Mayor Harley E. Knox chose not stand for reelection on the advice of his physician. On March 13, 1951, Gerald C. Crary came first in the primary election with 33.5 percent of the vote, followed by John D. Butler with 25.9 percent. Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, Crary and Butler advanced to a runoff election. On April 17, 1951, Butler received 59.6 percent of the vote in the runoff and was elected to the office of the mayor. Butler was the youngest mayor to have been elected as well as the first to be born in San Diego. Primary Election results San Diego mayoral primary election, 1951Election 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 Gerald C. Crary Nonpartisan candidate 22,959 33.5 John D. Butler Republican Party (US) 17,728 25.9 Fred A. Rhodes Nonpartisan candidate 15,918 23.2 Lilliam A. Johnson Nonpartisan candidate 7,619 11.1 Hugh V. Knox Nonpartisan candidate 2,045 3.0 Clifton L. Voorhies Nonpartisan candidate 1,371 2.0 Edwin F. Murphy Nonpartisan candidate 877 1.3 68,517 100 General Election results San Diego mayoral general election, 1951 John D. Butler Republican Party (US) 46,400 59.6 Gerald C. Crary Nonpartisan candidate 31,501 40.4 77,901 100 References 1951 Category:1951 in California Category:1951 United States mayoral elections 1951 Category:April 1951 in the United States