The 1991 San Francisco mayoral election was held on November 5, 1991, with a runoff election on December 10 that year. Incumbent mayor
Art Agnos, after having won nearly 70% of the vote in
1987, scraped by with less than a third of the vote in the first round and was narrowly unseated by Chief of Police
Frank Jordan in the runoff.
Agnos' strong support of demolishing the
Embarcadero Freeway after the
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused San Francisco's Chinatown voters to turn against him, contributing to his narrow loss.
The 1991 San Francisco mayoral election was held on November 5, 1991, with a runoff election on December 10 that year. Incumbent mayor
Art Agnos, after having won nearly 70% of the vote in
1987, scraped by with less than a third of the vote in the first round and was narrowly unseated by Chief of Police
Frank Jordan in the runoff.
Agnos' strong support of demolishing the
Embarcadero Freeway after the
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused San Francisco's Chinatown voters to turn against him, contributing to his narrow loss.