1990 San Jose mayoral election

1990 San Jose mayoral election
Turnout	37.09% (first round); 52.17% (runoff)
Mayor before election; Tom McEnery; Democratic	Elected Mayor ; Susan Hammer; Democratic

The 1990 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw an initial election held on June 5, 1990, followed by a runoff election on November 3, 1990 after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by Susan Hammer.

Incumbent mayor Tom McEnery was term limited.

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

Frank Fiscalini, former CEO of Alexian Brothers Hospital and former superintendent of the East Side Union High School District^[3]^[4]
Susan Hammer, San Jose city councilor^[5]

Eliminated in first round

William Chew
Louis Garza
Don Houston, realtor^[6]
Shirley Lewis, San Jose city councilor^[7]
Chris P. Panopulos, founder of the City of San Jose Fund^[8]

Results

General election

1990 San Jose mayoral general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Frank Fiscalini	39,833	33.04
	Democratic	Susan W. Hammer	34,822	28.89
	Nonpartisan	Shirley Lewis	29,049	24.10
	Nonpartisan	Don Houston	9,444	7.84
	Nonpartisan	Chris P. Panopulos	4,257	3.53
	Nonpartisan	Louis Garza	1,869	1.55
	Nonpartisan	William Chew	1,260	1.05
Turnout			120,534	37.09

Runoff

1990 San Jose mayoral runoff election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan W. Hammer	89,399	50.38
	Nonpartisan	Frank Fiscalini	88,016	49.61
Turnout			177,415	52.17

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