1983 San Francisco mayoral election

1983 San Francisco mayoral election

November 8, 1983

Candidate Dianne Feinstein Cesar Ascarrunz Gloria La Riva Party Democratic Nonpartisan Workers World Popular vote 117,489 10,713 7,644 Percentage 80.10% 7.30% 5.21%

Mayor before election Dianne Feinstein Democratic Elected mayor Dianne Feinstein Democratic

The 1983 mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Francisco. Incumbent Dianne Feinstein, who had previously been subjected to a failed recall election on April 26 (winning with an 83-percent-favorable vote), was re-elected to her second and final term as mayor. Feinstein, winning with 80.10%, defeated Cesar Ascarrunz, Gloria E. La Riva, Pat Wright, Brian Lantz, and Carrie Drake.

Feinstein's strong victory in the recall election months earlier was seen as helping to ward off strong challengers to her reelection in November.^[1]

Results

San Francisco mayoral election, 1983
November 8, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dianne Feinstein (incumbent)	117,489	80.10
	Nonpartisan	Cesar Ascarrunz	10,713	7.30
	Workers World	Gloria La Riva	7,644	5.21
	Nonpartisan	Patricia Wright	4,566	3.11
	Nonpartisan	Brian Lantz	3,537	2.41
	Nonpartisan	Carrie Drake	2,700	1.84
	Nonpartisan	James Bond Zero (write-in)	12	0.01
	Nonpartisan	Ellis Keyes (write-in)	9	0.01
	Nonpartisan	Bobby Venegas (write-in)	9	0.01

References

1. Macdonald, Katharine (April 27, 1983). "Mayor Feinstein Easily Defeats Recall Attempt". Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2020.