1999 Tucson mayoral election

1999 Tucson mayoral election
	November 2, 1999
Mayor before election; George Miller; Democratic	Elected mayor ; Bob Walkup; Republican

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.

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

Nominations

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

Democratic primary

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]
	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

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

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

Write-ins

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

General election

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]
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Election History Report 1991 - 2013" (PDF). City of Tucson, Arizona. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ "The Skinny: Top Dog". Tucson Weekly. February 15, 2001. Retrieved March 7, 2008.
^ "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.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Election History Report 1991 - 2013" (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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