1982 San Jose mayoral election

1982 San Jose mayoral election

June 8, 1982[1]
Turnout	43.8%[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

• 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	%
	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. "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.