1982 San Jose mayoral election

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1982 San Jose mayoral election
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← 1978 June 8, 1982[1] 1986 →
Turnout43.8%[1]
 
Candidate Tom McEnery Claude Fletcher Tom Tomasko
Party nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan
Popular vote 66,494 37,246 5,972
Percentage 55.90% 31.31% 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[]

  • Claude Fletcher, member of the San Jose City Council since 1980 and Republican nominee for the California State Assembly district 24 in 1976[2]
  • Tom McEnery, member of the San Jose City Council and former chairman of the San Jose Planning Commission
  • Tom Tomasko

Results[]

Results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan 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[]

  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.
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