Los Angeles mayoral election, 1949

Los Angeles mayoral election, 1949
Los Angeles
April 5, 1949 and May 31, 1949
 
Candidate Fletcher Bowron Lloyd Aldrich
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 238,190 207,211
Percentage 53.48% 46.52%
Mayor before election

Fletcher Bowron
Republican

 Elected Mayor

Fletcher Bowron
Republican

The 1949 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 5, 1949, with a run-off election on May 31, 1949. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected.

Results

Primary election

Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 5, 1949[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fletcher Bowron 179,929 44.99% -8.92%
Independent Lloyd Aldrich 87,766 21.95%
Democratic Ellis E. Patterson 57,286 14.33%
Republican Jack Tenney 48,162 12.04%
Independent Olin E. Darby 18,806 4.70%
Independent Joseph E. Shaw 2,716 0.68%
Independent William N. Attaway 2,647 0.66%
Socialist Workers Myra Tanner Weiss 1,506 0.38% +0.17%
Independent Joseph H. Thayer 1,085 0.27%
Total votes 399,903 100.00

General election

Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 31, 1949[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fletcher Bowron 238,190 53.48%
Independent Lloyd Aldrich 207,211 46.52%
Total votes 445,401 100.00
Republican hold Swing

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor - Primary". Our Campaigns.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.

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