Los Angeles mayoral election, 1961

April 4, 1961 (1961-04-04) and May 31, 1961 (1961-05-31)


Candidate	Sam Yorty	Norris Poulson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	275,249	259,760
Percentage	51.45%	48.55%

Mayor before election

Norris Poulson
Republican

Elected Mayor

Sam Yorty
Democratic

The 1961 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 4, 1961, with a run-off election on May 31, 1961. Incumbent Norris Poulson was defeated by Sam Yorty.

Results

Primary election

Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 4, 1961^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Norris Poulson	179,273	39.67%	-21.13%
	Democratic	Sam Yorty	122,478	27.10%
	Republican	Patrick D. McGee	115,635	25.59%
	Democratic	Robert C. Ronstadt	11,340	2.51%
	Independent	Howard M. Kessler	7,558	1.67%
	Independent	William Carpenter	7,267	1.61%	-0.07%
	Independent	M. Garet Miller	4,640	1.03%
	Socialist Workers	Oscar G. Coover	2,141	0.47%
	Democratic	Wallace J. Lauria	1,598	0.35%
Total votes			451,930	100.00

General election

Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 31, 1961^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Yorty	275,249	51.45%
	Republican	Norris Poulson	259,760	48.55%
Total votes			535,009	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References and footnotes

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

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