1983 San Diego mayoral special election
Primary election results

1983 San Diego mayoral special election

Section Title: Primary election results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

Democratic	Maureen O'Connor	66,054	36.8

Republican	Roger Hedgecock	55,811	31.1

Republican	Bill Cleator	46,062	25.6

Republican	Bill Mitchell	9,028	5.0

Nonpartisan	Rich Riel	1,239	0.7

Nonpartisan	Joe Jaffe	1,152	0.6

Nonpartisan	Don Parker	558	0.3

Nonpartisan	Rosalyn	416	0.2

Nonpartisan	George Hollis	384	0.2

Nonpartisan	William Armstrong	312	0.2

Nonpartisan	Paul Clark	276	0.2

Nonpartisan	Jim Cunradi	269	0.1

Nonpartisan	Dan Russell	236	0.1

Nonpartisan	Oren Cox	227	0.1

Nonpartisan	Jerry Shine	184	0.1

Nonpartisan	Alex Weaver	174	0.1

Nonpartisan	John Yuskiw	172	0.1

Nonpartisan	Art Walters	99	0.1

Nonpartisan	Leon Haake	75	–

Nonpartisan	Walter Sweadner	34	–

Total votes	179,620	100

Sentence(s)

In 1983, O'Connor came in first in the primary with 36.8 percent of the vote, followed by Hedgecock, who received 31.1 percent of the vote.

final_sentence: In 1983, O'Connor came in first in the primary with 36.8 percent of the vote, followed by Hedgecock, who received 31.1 percent of the vote.