City Councilwoman Donna Frye appears to have won election for Mayor of California’s second largest city as a write-in candidate. The city, like all cities in California, uses non-partisan elections. San Diego held a first round in March, at which no one got a majority. A run-off was scheduled for November 2, with the top two candidates names printed on the ballot.
However, after the first round in March, it became public knowledge that both candidates in the November run-off were objectionable. In September, Frye entered the mayoral race as a write-in candidate, and she appears to have won. Frey is already leading the vote over incumbent Mayor Dck Murphy. Since more write-in votes have yet to be counted, it is expected that Frey will easily be elected.
That’s absolutely amazing. Is this the first time its happened for a major city?
This isn’t the first time a mayor has been elected via a Write-in vote. In 2002, Washington, DC mayor Anthony Williams was elected as a write-in due to problems with petitions that forced him off the ballot.