1987 San Francisco mayoral election

1987 San Francisco mayoral election

November 3, 1987 December 8, 1987

Candidate Art Agnos John L. Molinari Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 102,898 44,275 Percentage 69.92% 30.08%

Mayor before election Dianne Feinstein Democratic Elected mayor Art Agnos Democratic

An election was held on November 3 and December 8, 1987, to elect the 39th mayor of San Francisco. Dianne Feinstein, then the incumbent, had served as mayor since the 1978 assassination of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk and had been elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983, and was thus term-limited. Then-California State Assembly member Art Agnos came from behind to defeat Supervisor John Molinari, garnering nearly 70 percent of the vote.

Results

First round

November 3, 1987

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Art Agnos	90,521	48.16%
Democratic	John L. Molinari	46,747	24.87%
Nonpartisan	Roger Boas	40,892	21.76%
Nonpartisan	Warren Hinckle	5,202	2.77%
Nonpartisan	Cesar Ascarrunz	1,483	0.79%
Nonpartisan	Will Durst	1,445	0.77%
Nonpartisan	Melissa Ehman	557	0.30%
Nonpartisan	Peter Anestos	498	0.27%
Nonpartisan	Joseph Ryan	370	0.20%
Nonpartisan	Scott D. Redmond	255	0.14%
Total votes:			193,742
Voter turnout:			51.1%

Runoff

December 8, 1987

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Art Agnos	102,898	69.92%
Democratic	John L. Molinari	44,275	30.08%
Total Votes:			153,720
Voter Turnout:			40.3%