1969 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1969 Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles presidential no 1965 Los Angeles mayoral election 1965 1973 Los Angeles mayoral election 1973 1969 04 01 and 1969 05 27 First round Runoff Sam Yorty, 1960s (3x4 crop).jpg Sam Yorty 183,33426.09% 447,03053.26% Councilman Tom Bradley, 1971 (cropped).jpg Tom Bradley 293,75341.80% 392,37946.74% Baxter Ward, 1969 (3x4).jpg Baxter Ward 116,55516.59% Eliminated Alphonzo Bell (1).jpg Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. 99,17214.11% Eliminated c0c0c0 c0c0c0 c0c0c0 c0c0c0 Mayor Sam Yorty Sam Yorty The 1969 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 1, 1969, with a run-off election on May 27, 1969. Incumbent Sam Yorty was re-elected over councilmember Tom Bradley, a win that had a record-breaking turnout. Yorty used race against Bradley to paint him as a mayor who would be open to Black nationalism and that he was inefficient against fighting crime. Both were denied by Bradley, as he was a police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department before his election to the council.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HPNHJ19690518.2.36&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Bradley hits introduction of race issue May 18, 1969 Highland Park News https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691188027-010/pdf Politics in Black and White Sonenshein, Raphael J. 1993 Princeton University Press 10.1515/9780691188027-010 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 Eileen Anderson Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., U.S. representative from the Westside Tom Bradley, member of the Los Angeles City Council from Leimert Park Saxon Cameron Elliott Don Frederick William E. Hathaway Fred W. Kline Jack Rourke Lawrence M. Schulner Robert K. Steinberg Baxter Ward, television news anchor for KABC-Channel 7 Arthur Whizin Robert M. Wilkinson, member of the Los Angeles City Council from Porter Ranch Sam Yorty, incumbent mayor since 1961 Campaign Yorty had been criticized by newspapers, mainly with the Los Angeles Times which had published a newspaper on the city's harbor commission and his refusal to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey. He was mainly challenged in the race by councilman Tom Bradley, television news anchor Baxter Ward, U.S. Representative Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., and councilman Robert M. Wilkinson."Wilkinson Urges Clean Slate for City," Los Angeles Times, March 8, 1969, page 16 In the primary election, Bradley held a substantial lead over Yorty but did not win the race outright. In the campaign for the runoff, Yorty questioned Bradley's credibility in fighting crime and said that he would supposedly open up the city to Black Nationalists, as well as saying that he accepted money from developer Bryan Gibson.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HPNHJ19690403.2.7&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Yorty in big blast at Bradley April 3, 1969 Highland Park News To the surprise of many pollsters, Yorty won a majority of the vote and was re-elected as mayor.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BCEJ19690529.2.96&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Yorty upsets pollsters, elected for 3rd term Edges Bradley by 55,000 vote margin May 29, 1969 Belvedere Citizen The election had a record breaking turnout of more than 75% with more than 860,000 votes; the vote count would not be broken until the 2022 election.https://laist.com/news/politics/turnout-la-mayoral-race-2022 LA's Contentious 2022 Election Now Has Highest Number Of Votes Ever Cast For Mayor November 21, 2022 Yu, Elly LAist "The previous high total was in 1969's runoff between incumbent Sam Yorty and Tom Bradley. Nearly 860,000 Angelenos cast ballots that May." Bradley and Yorty spent a combinded total of $2 million in their election campaigns, with Yorty spending $817,450 and Bradley spending $1.4 million.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=BCEJ19690717.2.100&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Yorty, Bradley spent $2 million in campaign July 17, 1969 Belvedere Citizen Results Primary election Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 1, 1969Los Angeles Mayor - Primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230936 Our Campaigns Tom Bradley 293,753 41.80 Sam Yorty (incumbent) 183,334 26.09 Baxter Ward 116,555 16.59 Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. 99,172 14.11 Robert M. Wilkinson 2,682 0.38 Eileen Anderson 1,600 0.23 Robert K. Steinberg 1,574 0.22 Saxon Cameron Elliott 1,160 0.17 Jack Rourke 760 0.11 Fred W. Kline 718 0.10 Arthur Whizin 659 0.09 William E. Hathaway 375 0.05 Don Federick 277 0.04 Lawrence M. Schulner 169 0.02 702,788 100.00 General election Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 27, 1969Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230937 Our Campaigns Sam Yorty (incumbent) 447,030 53.26 Tom Bradley 392,379 46.74 839,409 100.00 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 1969 Los Angeles Los Angeles mayoral election Mayoral election Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles mayoral election