Los Angeles mayoral election, 1973

Los Angeles mayoral election, 1973
Los Angeles
April 3, 1973 and May 20, 1973
 
Candidate Tom Bradley Sam Yorty
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 433,473 335,857
Percentage 56.34% 43.66%
Mayor before election

Sam Yorty
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Tom Bradley
Democratic

The 1973 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 3, 1973, with a run-off election on May 20, 1973. Incumbent Sam Yorty was defeated by Tom Bradley.

Results

Primary election

Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 3, 1973[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Bradley 233,789 35.39% -6.41%
Democratic Sam Yorty 190,649 28.86% +2.77%
Democratic Jesse M. Unruh 114,693 17.36%
Independent Thomas Reddin 83,930 12.70%
Democratic Joel Wachs 24,907 3.77%
Republican Bob Dornan 4,849 0.73%
Socialist Workers Olga L. Rodriguez 2,326 0.35%
Independent Ray Bagley 2,118 0.32%
Democratic Eileen Anderson 1,037 0.16% -0.07%
Independent Malbour L. Watson 792 0.12%
Republican Walter R. Buchanan 685 0.10%
Independent Leonard Orr 555 0.08%
Republican James A. Ware 371 0.06%
Total votes 660,701 100.00

General election

Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 20, 1973[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Bradley 433,473 56.34% +9.60%
Democratic Sam Yorty 335,857 43.66% -9.60%
Total votes 769,330 100.00
Democratic 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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