The 1939 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 25, to elect the
mayor for
San Diego. Incumbent mayor
Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. In the primary election,
Percy J. Benbough and
Jacob Weinberger received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Benbough was then reelected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.
Incumbent Mayor
Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. Mayor Benbough had fallen out politically with the volunteer Civic Affairs Conference that had endorsed him in the previous election. Therefore, Benbough campaigned alongside a slate of city council candidates opposed to the conference's candidates, promising to "mow 'em down."[3]
On March 28, 1939, Benbough came in first in the primary election with 57.9 percent of the votes, followed by
Jacob Weinberger in second place with 24.3 percent. Because they had the two highest vote tallies, Benbough and Weinberger advanced to the runoff election. On April 25, 1939, Benbough came in first place in the runoff election with 77.9 percent of the vote and was reelected to the office of the mayor.[4]
^Garth, Mark E.
"Courthouse Tour: Jacob Weinberger Story". www.casb.uscourts.gov. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. Archived from
the original on December 1, 1998. Retrieved September 10, 2017.