Issue with this particular SQL query construction

I have two tables. Table_1 contact_id (INT 5) Table_2 contact_id (INT 5) type (enum '1','2') data (TEXT) In table_2, there is a possible of two records that can be associated to an entry in table in the form of the record type can be an either 1 or 2. There will always be a type 1, but not necessary a type 2 in Table_2. So I'm constructing a query in which it queries for data on a LEFT JOIN, but associates itself to Table_2 where if there is a type = 2, it takes precendence over records matching type = 1. An example Table_1 =========== 1 2 3 Table_2 =========== 1 | 1 | Just data 1 | 2 | More data 2 | 1 | Just data 3 | 1 | Just data 3 | 2 | More data So my SQL constrution looks like this: SELECT * FROM Table_1 LEFT JOIN Table_2 ON Table_1.contact_id = Table_2.contact_id. So it matches everything, however I don't want type 1 records if type 2 exists. However if a type 2 doesn't exist, I want the record type 1. How would I construct the SQL query to do that?