1949 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1949 Los Angeles mayoral election Los Angeles presidential no 1945 Los Angeles mayoral election 1945 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election 1953 1949 04 05 and 1949 05 31 First round Runoff FletcherBowron (cropped).jpg c0c0c0 Fletcher Bowron 179,92944.99% 238,19053.48% Lloyd Aldrich, 1933.jpg c0c0c0 Lloyd Aldrich 87,76621.95% 207,21146.52% Ellis E. Patterson (1).jpg c0c0c0 Ellis E. Patterson 57,28614.33% Eliminated Jack Tenney, circa 1947.jpg c0c0c0 Jack Tenney 48,16212.04% Eliminated Mayor Fletcher Bowron Fletcher Bowron The 1949 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 5, 1949, with a run-off election on May 31, 1949. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19490601.2.23&srpos=6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Bowron Re-elected; Port Votes for Aldrich, 2 to I Mayor Wins by 30,000 in Close Contest San Pedro News Pilot June 1, 1949 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 Lloyd Aldrich, former chief engineer for the Los Angeles transit system William N. Attaway Fletcher Bowron, incumbent mayor since 1938 Olin E. Darby Ellis E. Patterson, former U.S. representative and lieutenant governor of California Joseph E. Shaw, brother and personal secretary of former mayor Frank L. Shaw Jack Tenney, member of the California State Senate Joseph H. Thayer Myra Tanner Weiss, Trotskyist activist and candidate for mayor in 1945 Election Bowron announced his candidacy for a fourth full term in office, with State Senator Jack Tenney, City Engineer Lloyd Aldrich, and Board of Education member Olin Darby also announcing their intentions to run against Bowron.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19490117.2.132&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Bowron to Try for Re-Election January 17, 1949 San Pedro News Pilot In the primary, Bowron and Aldritch advanced to the general runoff election.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19490406.2.23&srpos=12&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Bowron, Aldrich to Stage Runoff May 31; Moore, Becker Re-elected One Third of Registered Port Voters at Polls April 6, 1949 San Pedro News Pilot Tenney, the head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, was opposed by the AFL Central Labor Council and came in third.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OLSF19490422.2.53&srpos=14&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- TENNEY LOSES IN L. A. BALLOT April 22, 1949 Organized Labor In the runoff election, Bowron defeated Aldritch by a smaller margin, with Bowron calling the election the "dirtiest in [his] experience," due to him and Aldrich being political enemies.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19490601.2.105&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- Bitter Fight Ends LA Re-Elects Mayor Bowron In Hotly Contested Balloting June 1, 1949 Madera Tribune Results Primary election Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 5, 1949Los Angeles Mayor - Primary http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=546479 Our Campaigns Fletcher Bowron (incumbent) 179,929 44.99 Lloyd Aldrich 87,766 21.95 Ellis E. Patterson 57,286 14.33 Jack Tenney 48,162 12.04 Olin E. Darby 18,806 4.70 Joseph E. Shaw 2,716 0.68 William N. Attaway 2,647 0.66 Myra Tanner Weiss 1,506 0.38 Joseph H. Thayer 1,085 0.27 399,903 100.00 General election Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 31, 1949Los Angeles Mayor http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=546480 Our Campaigns Fletcher Bowron (incumbent) 238,190 53.48 Lloyd Aldrich 207,211 46.52 445,401 100.00 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 1949 Los Angeles Los Angeles mayoral election Mayoral election Los Angeles mayoral election