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

runoff election
needed to be held.

Incumbent mayor Janet Gray Hayes was term limited.

Candidates

Results

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

  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.