1939 San Diego mayoral election
April 25, 1939 (1939-04-25)
 
Nominee Percy J. Benbough Jacob Weinberger
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 32,196 9,113
Percentage 77.9% 22.1%
Mayor before election

Percy J. Benbough
Republican

 Elected Mayor

Percy J. Benbough
Republican

The 1939 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 25, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. In the primary election, Percy J. Benbough and Jacob Weinberger received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Benbough was then reelected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.

Candidates

Campaign

Incumbent Mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. Mayor Benbough had fallen out politically with the volunteer Civic Affairs Conference that had endorsed him in the previous election. Therefore, Benbough campaigned alongside a slate of city council candidates opposed to the conference's candidates, promising to "mow 'em down."[3]

On March 28, 1939, Benbough came in first in the primary election with 57.9 percent of the votes, followed by Jacob Weinberger in second place with 24.3 percent. Because they had the two highest vote tallies, Benbough and Weinberger advanced to the runoff election. On April 25, 1939, Benbough came in first place in the runoff election with 77.9 percent of the vote and was reelected to the office of the mayor.[4]

Primary Election results

San Diego mayoral primary election, 1939[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Percy J. Benbough (incumbent) 22,652 57.9
Democratic Jacob Weinberger 9,707 24.4
Nonpartisan Magner White 4,236 10.6
Nonpartisan Claude Chandler 3,241 8.1
Total votes 39,836 100

General Election results

San Diego mayoral general election, 1939[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Percy J. Benbough (incumbent) 32,196 77.9
Democratic Jacob Weinberger 9,113 22.1
Total votes 41,309 100

References

  1. ↑ Price, Robert E. (Fall 2010). "Sol Price: Retail Revolutionary The FedMart Years—1954-1975" (PDF). The Journal of San Diego History. 56 (4): 186. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Garth, Mark E. "Courthouse Tour: Jacob Weinberger Story". www.casb.uscourts.gov. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. Archived from the original on December 1, 1998. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Pourade, Richard (1967). The History of San Diego Volume VI: The Rising Tide, 1920-1941. San Diego: Copley Press. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Election History - Mayor of San Diego" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
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