1927 San Diego mayoral election

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1927 San Diego mayoral election
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  1925 April 5, 1927 (1927-04-05) 1929  
  Mayor Clark.jpg Mayor Benbough.jpg
Nominee Harry C. Clark Percy J. Benbough
Party Republican Republican
Popular vote17,14710,836
Percentage61.3%38.7%

Mayor before election

John L. Bacon
Republican

Elected mayor

Harry C. Clark
Republican

The 1927 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 5, 1927 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor John L. Bacon did not to stand for reelection. In the primary election, Harry C. Clark and Percy J. Benbough received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Clark was then elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.

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Candidates

Campaign

Incumbent Mayor John L. Bacon chose not to stand for reelection to a third term, leading to a large field of competitors to replace him. [1] On March 22, 1927, Harry C. Clark came in first place in the primary election with 30.2 percent of the votes, followed by Percy J. Benbough with 17.0 percent. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote, Clark and Benbough advanced to a runoff election. On April 5, 1927, Clark received a majority of 61.3 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, 1927 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harry C. Clark (incumbent) 7,933 30.2
Republican Percy J. Benbough 4,469 17.0
Nonpartisan George L. Mayne4,19716.0
Nonpartisan Claude L. Chambers3,64713.9
Nonpartisan Edgar F. Hastings2,99211.4
Nonpartisan Byron J. Walters2,66410.1
Nonpartisan Alfred L. Lee3130.1
Nonpartisan William I. Kinsley80
Nonpartisan Oriel C. Jones19
Total votes26,314 100

General Election results

San Diego mayoral general election, 1927 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Harry C. Clark (incumbent) 17,147 61.3
Republican Percy J. Benbough 10,83638.7
Total votes27,983 100

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Election History - Mayor of San Diego" (PDF). City of San Diego. Retrieved September 8, 2017.