1974 San Jose mayoral election Turnout 59.31% (first round)
Candidate
Janet Gray Hayes Barton L. Collins
Party
Democratic
Nonpartisan
First-round vote
35,901
33,216
First-round percentage
36.93%
34.17%
Second-round vote
65,929
64,251
Second-round percentage
50.65%
49.36%
Candidate
Alfredo Garza Jr.
Peter B. Venuto
Party
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First-round vote
13,852
7,744
First-round percentage
14.25%
7.97%
The 1974 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose , California . It saw an initial election held on June 4, 1974, followed by a runoff election on November 5, 1974, after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by Janet Gray Hayes , who became the first female mayor of the city, making San Jose the first United States city of more than 500,000 residents to elect a female mayor.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
While incumbent mayor Norman Mineta had been eligible to seek reelection to a second term, he instead opted to run for the United States House of Representatives .[ 6]
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