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1999 Tucson mayoral election

The 1999 Tucson mayoral election occurred on November 2, 1999 to elect the mayor of Tucson, and occurred coinciding with the elections to the Tucson City Council wards 1, 2 and 4.[1] It saw the election of Bob Walkup.

1999 Tucson mayoral election

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Nominee Bob Walkup Molly McKasson Ed Kahn
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 46,258 33,999 4,834
Percentage 53.68% 39.45% 5.61%

Mayor before election

George Miller
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Bob Walkup
Republican

Incumbent mayor George Miller did not seek reelection to a third term.

Nominations edit

Primaries were held for the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties on September 7, 1999.[1]

Democratic primary edit

Originally also running in the Democratic primary was Emily Machala, who formally withdrew,[1] and Michael Fleishman, who was removed from the ballot by a court ruling.[1]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Molly McKasson 11,864 44.84
Democratic Betsy Bolding 9,019 34.09
Democratic Janet Marcus 3,165 11.96
Democratic Patrick Darcy 2,281 8.62
Democratic Write-in 0.49

Libertarian primary edit

Originally also running in the Libertarian primary was Elizabeth Strong-Anderson, who was removed from the ballot by court order.[1]

Libertarian primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Ed Kahn 266 89.86
Libertarian Write-in 10.14

Republican primary edit

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Walkup 6,004 93.67
Republican Write-in 6.33

Write-ins edit

  • Dave Croteau[1]
  • Stephen "The Penneyman" Baker[1]

General election edit

In the general election, McKasson suffered and Walkup benefited from a fracture in the Democratic Party.[2]

Walkup became the city's first Republican mayor since Lew Murphy left office in 1987.[3]

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Walkup 46,258 53.68
Democratic Molly McKasson 33,999 39.45
Libertarian Ed Kahn 4,834 5.61
Write-in Dave Croteau 79 0.09
Write-in Stephen "The Penneyman" Baker 5 0.01

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (PDF). City of Tucson, Arizona. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Skinny: Top Dog". Tucson Weekly. February 15, 2001. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "Political Notebook: Lack of Republican mayoral candidate linked to a more liberal Tucson, says local GOP". Arizona Daily Star. May 30, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.

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