1953 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles presidential no 1949 Los Angeles mayoral election 1949 1957 Los Angeles mayoral election 1957 1953 04 07 and 1953 05 26 First round vote First round percentage Runoff vote Runoff percentage NorrisPoulson.jpg c0c0c0 Norris Poulson 212,66844.06% 287,61953.23% Fletcher Bowron, 1953 (cropped).jpg c0c0c0 Fletcher Bowron 179,20537.13% 252,72146.77% Lloyd Aldrich, 1933.jpg c0c0c0 Lloyd Aldrich 70,82314.67% Eliminated Mayor Fletcher Bowron Norris Poulson The 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 7, 1953, with a run-off election on May 26, 1953. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was defeated by Norris Poulson, a U.S. Representative. Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.https://my.lwv.org/sites/default/files/leagues/los-angeles/structureofacity.pdf LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT League of Women Voters Candidates Paul Burke Lloyd Aldrich, former chief engineer for the Los Angeles transit system and candidate for mayor in 1949 Fletcher Bowron, incumbent mayor since 1938 Norris Poulson, U.S. representative and former state assemblyman Myra Tanner Weiss, Trotskyist activist and candidate for mayor in 1945 and 1949 Campaign Bowron had been the subject of various failed recall elections against him, including one in 1950 that said that Bowron was "guilty of 'false' representations or was 'grossly negligent' in his assurances [...] that he had rid the city of official corruption and organized crime."https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19500106.2.119&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Citizens Seek Bowron Recall January 6, 1950 Madera Tribune Along with Poulson, three other candidates joined to challenge Bowron, including Lloyd Aldrich who failed to win the runoff against Bowron in the previous election.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DNLA19530220.1.18&srpos=19&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Five well-known citizens in L. A. race for mayor; Bowron, Poulson, Aldrich, Burke and Mrs. Weiss February 20, 1953 Los Angeles Daily News In the primary, Poulson and Bowron advanced to the runoff election, with Poulson gaining more votes than Bowron.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19530408.2.67&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- L A. Mayoralty Race To Run-Off April 8, 1953 Madera Tribune In the runoff election, Poulson defeated Bowron to become Mayor, ending Bowron's tenure of fourteen years.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19530527.2.58&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Poulson Wins L. A. Mayoralty Madera Tribune May 27, 1953https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DNLA19530701.1.1&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- 'IVE GIVEN THE JOB MY BEST' – BOWRON July 1, 1953 Soibelman, Daivd Los Angeles Daily News Results Primary election Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 7, 1953Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=546485 Our Campaigns Norris Poulson 212,668 44.06 Fletcher Bowron (incumbent) 179,205 37.13 Lloyd Aldrich 70,823 14.67 Paul Burke 16,455 3.41 Myra Tanner Weiss 3,541 0.73 482,692 100.00 General election Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 26, 1953Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230943 Our Campaigns Norris Poulson 287,619 53.23 Fletcher Bowron (incumbent) 252,721 46.77 540,340 100.00 References and footnotes External links Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles https://web.archive.org/web/20110619161306/http://cityclerk.lacity.org/election/ June 19, 2011 collapsed 1953 Los Angeles Los Angeles mayoral election Mayoral election Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles mayoral election