1998 San Jose Mayoral Election
The 1998 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 2 and November 3, 1998 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the election of Ron Gonzales. Incumbent mayor Susan Hammer was term limited. Because no candidate managed to receive a majority of the vote in the initial round of the election, a runoff election was held between the first round's top-two finishers. Candidates ;Advanced to runoff *Patricia Dando, San Jose city councilor * Ron Gonzales, Santa Clara County supervisor ;Eliminated in first round *Bill Chew, candidate for mayor in 1990 and 1994 *Kathy Napoli, businesswoman Results First round References {{1998 United States elections San Jose San Jose 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Ron Gonzales
Ronald R. Gonzales (born 1951) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California. Gonzales was the first Hispanic to serve as Mayor of San Jose since 1845. Early life Gonzales grew up in the Santa Clara Valley, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Early political career Gonzales served as a two-time mayor and member of the Sunnyvale City Council from 1979 to 1987. He completed the Mayor's Leadership Program at Harvard Kennedy School and is an American Leadership Forum fellow. After his first two-terms as mayor, he then served for eight years (1989–1996) on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Mid political career In 1998, Gonzales was elected Mayor of San Jose, being sworn in during 1999. Early in his first term, Gonzales began new programs. He designed a program to attract young teachers to the city's schools, including home purchase assistance programs. He advocated usin ...
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Susan Hammer
Susan Walker Hammer (December 21, 1938 – March 7, 2020) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the mayor of San Jose, California, from 1991 to 1999. She was voted best local politician six times. Previous to serving as mayor, she represented San Jose City Council District Three, which encompassed the downtown area of the city, from 1983 to 1991. Hammer was born in Altadena, California, on December 21, 1938. She attended the University of California, Berkeley. She was married to San Jose attorney Philip Hammer, and had three children and six grandchildren. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ... in her later years, and it progressed rapidly over the last several months of her life, ...
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