1975 San Francisco mayoral election
The 1975 mayoral election was held to select the 37th mayor of San Francisco, and was held in two parts. In the November regular election, then-Speaker of the California State Assembly George Moscone placed first with conservative city supervisor John Barbagelata second and moderate supervisor Dianne Feinstein coming in third. Moscone and Barbagelata thus both advanced to the mandated runoff election in December where Moscone narrowly defeated the conservative supervisor by 4,400 votes, a margin of less than 1%.
Image: George Moscone 1975 Crop
Image: John Barbagelata Edit Crop
Image: Dianne Feinstein 1971 Salvaged Crop
Image: Milton Marks, 1975
Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.
Official portrait, 2004
Feinstein in the late 1970s. (Future husband Richard C. Blum is standing behind her.)
Feinstein riding a cable car in San Francisco during her tenure as mayor, c.1978–1988
Official portrait, 2000s