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1982 San Jose mayoral election

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1982 San Jose mayoral election

← 1978 June 8, 1982[1] 1986 →
Turnout43.8%[1]
 
Candidate Tom McEnery Claude Fletcher
Party Democratic Nonpartisan
Popular vote 66,494 37,246
Percentage 55.90% 31.31%

 
Candidate Tom Tomasko
Party Nonpartisan
Popular vote 5,972
Percentage 5.02%

Mayor before election

Janet Gray Hayes
Democratic

Elected mayor

Tom McEnery
Democratic

The 1982 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 8, 1982, to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. Tom McEnery was elected. Because McEnrery won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election needed to be held.

Incumbent mayor Janet Gray Hayes was term limited.

Candidates

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Results

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Results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom McEnery 66,494 55.90
Nonpartisan Claude Fletcher 37,246 31.31
Nonpartisan Tom Tomasko 5,972 5.02
Total votes 118,951

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Primary Election June 8 1982 2.pdf" (PDF). Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Claude Fletcher". www.joincalifornia.com. Retrieved July 4, 2021.