1987 San Francisco mayoral election

1987 San Francisco mayoral election

November 3, 1987 (first round)
December 8, 1987 (runoff)
 
Candidate Art Agnos John L. Molinari Roger Boas
First round 90,521
48.16%
46,747
24.87%
40,892
21.26%
Runoff 102,898
69.92%
44,275
30.08%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Dianne Feinstein

Elected mayor

Art Agnos

An election was held on November 3 and December 8, 1987, to elect the 39th mayor of San Francisco. Dianne Feinstein, then the incumbent, had served as mayor since the 1978 assassination of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk and had been elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983, and was thus term-limited. Then-California State Assembly member Art Agnos came from behind to defeat Supervisor John Molinari, garnering nearly 70 percent of the vote.