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San Diego mayoral special election, 2005

San Diego mayoral special election, 2005
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← 2004 November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08) 2008 →
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Nominee Jerry Sanders Donna Frye
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 176,893 152,105
Percentage 53.6% 46.1%

Mayor before election

Toni Atkins (acting)
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jerry Sanders
Republican


Toni Atkins (acting)
Democratic

Jerry Sanders
Republican

The 2005 San Diego mayoral special election was a special election held on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, to elect the mayor for San Diego. The special election was necessary due to the resignation of former Mayor Dick Murphy.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan, though some candidates do receive funding and support from various political parties. The non-partisan special primary was held Tuesday, June 3, 2008. San Diego City Council member Donna Frye and former San Diego police chief Jerry Sanders received the most votes and advanced to the November special general election. Sanders was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in November.

On April 25, 2005, Dick Murphy announced that he would resign as mayor of San Diego, effective July 15, 2005. Murphy had only recently been reelected as mayor in the highly contested 2004 mayoral election. Murphy's resignation occurred during investigations by the SEC and the FBI into the San Diego pension scandal. The city held a special election to fill the vacancy at mayor. Following Murphy's resignation, Michael Zucchet served as acting mayor for three days before he too resigned due to a corruption conviction that was later overturned. Council member Toni Atkins then served as acting mayor until the mayoral election was complete.


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