1955 San Diego mayoral election

Election

1955 San Diego mayoral election

← 1951 April 19, 1955 (1955-04-19) 1959 →

Nominee Charles Dail Harry L. Foster Party Democratic Nonpartisan Popular vote 42,897 41,660 Percentage 50.7% 49.3%

Mayor before election John D. Butler Republican Elected Mayor Charles Dail Democratic

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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

General Election results

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