2005 San Diego mayoral special election

none January 2025 September 2023 2005 San Diego mayoral special election Flag of San Diego, California.svg presidential no 2004 San Diego mayoral election 2004 2008 San Diego mayoral election 2008 2005 11 8 File:Donna Frye City Council.jpg 150x150px Donna Frye Democratic Party (United States) 152,105 46.1% File:Sanders official portrait.jpg Jerry Sanders Republican Party (United States) 176,893 53.6% Mayor Toni Atkins (acting) Democratic Party (United States) Jerry Sanders Republican Party (United States) The 2005 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election held on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, to elect the mayor for San Diego. The special election was necessary due to the resignation of former Mayor Dick Murphy. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties. The non-partisan special primary was held Tuesday, June 3, 2008. San Diego City Council member Donna Frye and former San Diego police chief Jerry Sanders received the most votes and advanced to the November special general election. Sanders was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in November.http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/elections/city/run.shtml How to Run for Office April 13, 2012 The City of San Diego-Office of the City Clerk Dick Murphy resignation On April 25, 2005, Dick Murphy announced that he would resign as mayor of San Diego, effective July 15, 2005. Murphy had only recently been reelected as mayor in the highly contested 2004 mayoral election. Murphy's resignation occurred during investigations by the SEC and the FBI into the San Diego pension scandal.San Diego mayor resigns amid pension fund probe http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-04-25-mayor-resigns_x.htm 23 December 2012 USA Today 25 April 2005 The city held a special election to fill the vacancy at mayor. Following Murphy's resignation, Michael Zucchet served as acting mayor for three days before he too resigned due to a corruption conviction that was later overturned.http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20101014tza Justice undone: Michael Zucchet and Ralph Inzunza Coffey Daniel October 14, 2010 San Diego Daily Transcript 2 September 2012 24 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210224191957/http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20101014tza dead Council member Toni Atkins then served as acting mayor until the mayoral election was complete. Candidates Declared Jerry Sanders, former San Diego police chief (Voter registration: Republican) Donna Frye, city council member (Voter registration: Democratic) Steve Francis, businessman (Voter registration: Republican) Pat Shea, lawyer (Voter registration: Republican) Richard Rider, retired stock broker and financial planner (Voter registration: Libertarian) Myke Shelby, Harley Davidson dealer (Voter registration: Republican) Shawn A. McMillan, lawyer (Voter registration: Republican) Jim Bell, environmental designer (Party preference: Democratic) Ed Kolker Jeremy Ledford Thomas Knapp Campaign The special election to replace Murphy attracted a crowded field of eleven official candidates on the ballot. Donna Frye, a member of the San Diego City Council who had almost beaten Murphy with a write-in campaign in the 2004 election, was the only democrat among the top-tier candidates. Former police chief Jerry Sanders ran on a platform of executive experience, having successfully turned around the financial situations of the local chapters of the Red Cross and United Way since retiring as police chief. Steve Francis, founder and chairman of AMN Healthcare Services emphasized downsizing city government and implementing business principles. Francis outspent his rivals in the campaign, putting nearly $2 million of his own money into his campaign. Lawyer Pat Shea ran on a platform that San Diego should declare bankruptcy to deal with the pension scandal, a position that the other front runners disagreed with.Pollack Andrew Upheaval Continues in San Diego as 11 Vie for Mayor https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/25/national/25diego.html?_r=0 23 December 2012 New York Times 21 July 2005 Frye won the plurality of votes in the July primary and advanced to the general election along with runner-up Sanders. However, Sanders and third-place finisher Francis, both republicans, combined for a majority of votes cast in the primary. After conceding the primary election, Francis endorsed Sanders for the general election.Third-place finisher backs former police chief in mayoral runoff http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=APAB&d_place=APAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10BF79621EE3DE10&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 24 December 2012 Associated Press 29 July 2005 Sanders was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the November general election. Primary election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error DonnaFrye (D) JerrySanders (R) SteveFrancis (R) Other UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA July 22–24, 2005 804 (LV) ± 3.5% 45% 24% 23% 7% 1% Results San Diego mayoral special primary election, 2005Election History - Mayor of San Diego http://www.sandiego.gov/city-clerk/pdf/mayorresults.pdf City of San Diego 23 December 2012 Donna Frye Democratic Party (United States) 114,573 43.1 Jerry Sanders Republican Party (United States) 71,767 27.0 Steve Francis Republican Party (United States) 62,500 23.5 Pat Shea Republican Party (United States) 6,299 2.4 Richard Rider Libertarian Party (United States) 4,173 1.6 Myke Shelby Republican Party (United States) 3,881 1.5 Shawn A. McMillan Republican Party (United States) 619 0.2 Jim Bell Democratic Party (United States) 529 0.2 Ed Kolker Nonpartisan candidate 452 0.2 Jeremy Ledford Nonpartisan candidate 425 0.2 Thomas Knapp Nonpartisan candidate 109 – 265,573 100.0 General election Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error JerrySanders (R) DonnaFrye (D) UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA November 4–6, 2005 627 (LV) ± 4.0% 52% 47% 1%SurveyUSASurveyUSA October 28–30, 2005 532 (LV) ± 4.3% 50% 48% 3%SurveyUSA August 27–29, 2005 528 (LV) ± 4.3% 54% 44% 2% Results San Diego mayoral special general election, 2005 Jerry Sanders Republican Party (United States) 176,893 53.6 Donna Frye Democratic Party (United States) 152,105 46.1 334,249 100.0 Notes References Category:2005 California elections Category:2005 United States mayoral elections 2005 2005 Category:California special elections Category:Mayoral special elections in the United States