1955 San Diego mayoral election

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The 1955 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 19, 1955 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor John D. Butler did not stand for reelection. In the primary election, Charles Dail and Harry L. Foster received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Dail was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.

Candidates

Charles Dail, former member of the San Diego City Council^[1]
Harry L. Foster
Jerome W. Rudrauff
Robert L. Stevenson
Gerard A. Dougherty
Sol Blanc
Emilio P. Adams
Richard L. Parsons

Campaign

Incumbent Mayor John D. Butler did not stand for reelection. On March 8, 1955, Charles Dail came first in the primary election with 39.4 percent of the vote, followed by Harry L. Foster with 27.5 percent. Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, Dail and Foster advanced to a runoff election. On April 19, 1955, Dail received 50.7 percent of the vote in the runoff and was elected to the office of the mayor.^[2]

Primary Election results

San Diego mayoral primary election, 1955^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Dail	29,097	39.4
	Nonpartisan	Harry L. Foster	20,286	27.5
	Nonpartisan	Jerome W. Rudrauff	16,810	22.8
	Nonpartisan	Robert L. Stevenson	2,731	3.7
	Nonpartisan	Gerard A. Dougherty	1,396	1.9
	Nonpartisan	Sol Blanc	1,357	1.8
	Nonpartisan	Emilio P. Adams	1,220	1.7
	Nonpartisan	Richard L. Parsons	985	1.3
Total votes			73,882	100

General Election results

San Diego mayoral general election, 1955^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Dail	42,897	50.7
	Nonpartisan	Harry L. Foster	41,660	49.3
Total votes			84,557	100

References

^ Pourade, Richard (1977). The History of San Diego Volume VII: City of the Dream, 1940-1970. San Diego: Copley Press. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Election History - Mayor of San Diego" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved September 9, 2017.

[citydream-1] Pourade, Richard (1977). The History of San Diego Volume VII: City of the Dream, 1940-1970. San Diego: Copley Press. Retrieved September 10, 2017.

[results-2] "Election History - Mayor of San Diego" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved September 9, 2017.

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