1974 San Jose mayoral election

1974 San Jose mayoral election
June 4, 1974 (first round)
November 5, 1974 (runoff)
Turnout59.31% (first round)
59.51% (runoff)
 
Candidate Janet Gray Hayes Barton L. Collins
Party Democratic Nonpartisan
First-round vote 35,901 33,216
First-round percentage 36.93% 34.17%
Second-round vote 65,929 64,251
Second-round percentage 50.65% 49.36%
 
Candidate Alfredo Garza Jr. Peter B. Venuto
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First-round vote 13,852 7,744
First-round percentage 14.25% 7.97%
Mayor before election

Norman Mineta
Democratic

 Elected mayor

Janet Gray Hayes
Democratic

The 1974 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw an initial election held on June 4, 1974, followed by a runoff election on November 5, 1974, after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the initial election. The runoff was won by Janet Gray Hayes, who became the first female mayor of the city, making San Jose the first United States city of more than 500,000 residents to elect a female mayor.

While incumbent mayor Norman Mineta had been eligible to seek reelection to a second term, he instead opted to run for the United States House of Representatives.

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