Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1943 San Diego mayoral election
Table title:
Primary Election results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Harley E. Knox </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15,141 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 43.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nonpartisan </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > James B. Abbey </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 11,172 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 32.0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fred W. Simpson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6,779 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 19.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Nonpartisan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Albert E. Flowers </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,795 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 34,887 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100 </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who won the primary elections in 1943 ?
Answer:
In 1943, Harley E. Knox was first in the primary elections with 43.4% of the votes, followed by James B. Abbey in second place with 32.0%.