1979 San Francisco mayoral election
The 1979 mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Francisco . Incumbent mayor Dianne Feinstein , who had succeeded George Moscone after his assassination the prior year , was elected to her first full term as mayor of the City and County, the first woman to be elected to the position in the city's history. Feinstein, with 46.63%, and Quentin L. Kopp , with 44.72%, were the top two finishers in the first-round, and advanced to a runoff. In the first round the two of them had beat out former Board of Permit Appeals president David Scott, musician Jello Biafra , Sylvia Weinstein , Cesar Ascarrunz, Steve L. Calitri , Tibor Uskert , Joe Hughes and Patricia Dolbeare .
Feinstein and Kopp participated in the December 11 runoff, in which Feinstein won with 53.96% over Kopp's 46.04%. Feinstein was sworn into office on January 1, 1980.
