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This is an incomplete list of Los Angeles municipal election returns. In general, they are the semiofficial returns as provided to the public by the city clerk's office. The list does not include Board of Education races, municipal judgeships, boards of freeholders nor propositions, which can be found in the sources cited.


1884


Citywide, 1884–89

Mayor Edward F. Spence (Republican) 2,073? (elected) / Cameron E. Thom (Democrat) 1,519? / Hamilton (Greenback) 108? / Greene (People's) 86 City attorney James Wilfred McKinley (Republican) 1,947 (elected) / H.K.S. O'Melveny (Democrat) 1,778 / Blanchard (People's) 96 Assessor, tax collector and treasurer,


Common Council, 1884–86

lst Yelsir (Democrat) 422 (elected) / Gherkins (Democrat) 305 / Hanly (People's) 24 / Cuyas (Independent) 24 2nd Holbrook (Republican) 573 (elected) / Northcraft (Democrat) 476 (elected) / Bonebrake (Republican) 458 / and three others 3rd Brown (Republican) 514 (elected) / Mesmer (Democrat) 384 / Palmer (People's) 38 4th Milton Santee (Republican) 326 (elected) / James D. Bullis (Republican) 305 (elected) / Woodworth (Democrat) 243 / and two others 5th Hiram Sinsabaugh (Republican) 268 (elected) / Rickenback (Democrat) 140 / McArthur (People's) 14


1885


Common Council, 1885–87

1st G.L. Stearns 342 (elected) / J. Goss 336 (elected) / J. Baldwin 291 / and four others 2nd J. Kuhrtz 576 (elected) / S. Rees 387 3rd J. Bryson 384 (elected) / A.F. Mackay 369 (elected) / L.N. Breed 496 / and one other 4th S.M. Perry, 300 (elected) / B. Cohn, 272 5th Willard 266 (elected) / Frankenfeld 258 (elected) / Barrett 164 / and three others


1904


Citywide 1904-08

Mayor Owen McAleer (Rep) 14,293 (elected) / Meredith Snyder (Dem) 10,949 City Clerk Harry J. Lelande (Rep) 16,426 (elected) / Murphy (Dem) 7,544 Treasurer Myers (Rep) 11,273 (elected) / Workman (Dem) 13,613 Auditor Schwaebe (Rep) 13,409 (elected) / Plant (Dem) 7.907 Engineer Stafford (Rep) 16,634 (elected) / Viole (Dem) 7,234 Street superintendent Hanley (Dem) 17,461 (elected) / Werdin (Rep) 7.379 Assessor Evan Lewis (Rep) 13,109 (elected) / Barham (Dem) 10,518 City attorney Mathews (Rep) (unopposed and elected) Tax and license collector Johnson (Rep) (unopposed and elected)


City Council 1904–06

1st Fred L. Ford (Rep) 1,220 (elected) / Nickel (Dem) 881 2nd Vernon Hammon (Rep) 1,435 (elected) / Falconer (Dem) 1,126 3rd Sidney W. Hiller (Rep) 1,520 (elected) / Foy (Dem) 991 4th Theodore Summerland (Rep) 2,191 (elected) / Irvine (Dem) 1,841 5th George A. Smith (Rep)1,598? (elected) / No opponent 6th Arthur D. Houghton (Ind) 2,143 (elected) / Scholl (Rep) 1,621 / Weber (Dem) 802 7th Edward Kern (Dem) 1.821 (elected) / Fullway (Rep) 1,272 8th Bernard Healy (Rep) 640 (elected) / Savage (Dem) 599 9th Evert L. Blanchard (Rep) 1,301 (elected) / No opponent


City Council 1904–06

1st Ford (Rep) 1,220 (elected) / Nickel (Dem) 881 2nd Hammon (Rep) 1,435 (elected) / Falconer (Dem) 1,126 3rd Hilier (Rep) 1,520 (elected) / Foy (Dem) 991 4th Summerland (Rep) 2,191 (elected) / Irvine (Dem) 1,841 5th Smith (Rep)1,598? (elected) / No opponent 6th Howton (Ind) 2,143 (elected) / Scholl (Rep) 1,621 / Weber (Dem) 802 7th Kern (Dem) 1.821 (elected) / Fullway (Rep) 1,272 8th Healy (Rep) 640 (elected) / Savage (Dem) 599 9th Blanchard (Rep) 1,301 (elected) / No opponent


1909

December 8 election


Citywide 1909-11

Mayor George Alexander 20,291 (elected) / George A. Smith 16,964 City Clerk R.J. Lelande 30,305 (elected) / Louis C. Haller 5,712 City attorney Leslie R. Hewitt 31,118 (elected) / George Edwards 4,688 Tax collector Clarence M. Taggart 18,465 (elected / E.E. Johnson 17,241 Auditor John S. Myers 21,724 (elected) / E.E, Bostwick, 14,064


City Council 1909-11

All elected: John D. Works, 22,557; Martin F. Betkouski, 21,070; William J. Washburn, 20,761; Robert M. Lusk, 20,235; Josias J. Andrews, 20,020; Miles S. Gregory, 19,984; T.L. O'Brien, 19,195; George Williams, 18,933; Richmond Plant, 17,725. All defeated: Henry H. Lyon, 17,044; Bernard Healy, 16,577; Charles J. Letts, 15,617; Henry H. Yonkin, 14,854; Robert E. Wirsching, 14,040; William E. McKee, 13,033; W.H. O'Connell, 12,841; Percy W. Ross, 12,778; Arthur D. Houghton, 12,078


1911


1911 primary


1911 final

First municipal election in which women voted. Mayor George Alexander 85,492 (elected) / Job Harriman 51,423 City Attorney John W. Shenk 84,370 (elected) / Edward W. Tuttle 49,773 City Auditor John S. Meyers 83,842 (elected) / George W. Downing 49,176 City Assessor Walter Mallard 83,102 (elected) / A.M. Salyer 50,119 Council members J.J. Andrews 82,834 (elected, 4 years) / M.F. Betkouski 83,076 (elected, 4 years / R.M. Lusk 82,958 (elected, 4 years) / F.C. Langdon 81,210 (elected, 4 years) / Charles McKenzie 79,323 (elected, 2 years) / H.W. Reed 78,107 (elected 2 years) / John Topham 73,540 (elected, 2 years) / F.J. Whiffen 78,383 (elected, 2 years) / George Williams 78,784 (elected, 2 years). Unelected runners-up not shown here; see source for details.


1915


1915 primary


1915 final

Mayor Charles Edward Sebastian 46,498 (elected) / Whiffen 41,989 City Council Eight men and one woman were elected: Fred C. Wheeler 57,232 / M.F. Betkouski 50,552 / J.S. Conwell 49,667 / F.C. Langdon 45,915 / Robert T. Brain 43,392 / Estelle Lawton Lindsey 41,437 / Foster C. Wright 37,029 / W.A. Roberts 36,536 / John Topham 31,339


1917


1917 primary

One precinct did not report. Mayor Frederick T. Woodman (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder / Charles E. Sebastian Auditor John S. Myers (reelected) / C.H. Knapp / Louise Auerbach City attorney Albert Lee Stephens (reelected) / Warren L. Williams City Council Sixty-four men and four women were in the May primary: Seventeen men and one woman were chosen for the final vote in June. They were Estelle Lawton Lindsey 19,214 / Fred C. Wheeler 18,024 / J.S Conwell 17,877 / Neal P. Olsen 16,776 / Walter Mallard 15,096 / Frederick C. Langdon 15,212 / Henry H. Lyon 14,452 / John B . Powell 12,845 / Foster C. Wright 13,085 / Ralph Luther Criswell 11,930 / Albert B. Conrad 11,755 / John B. Reeves 11,282 / Martin F. Betkouski 11,093 / W.A. Roberts 10,977 / O.P. Conway 10,991 / Frank L. Cleaveland 10,914 / A.D. Houghton 10,807 / Bert L. Farmer 10,458. Otto J. Zahn, with 7,417 votes, was a future City Council member who did not make the cut.


1917 final

City Council Seventeen men and one woman were in the June final election. Nine men were elected. They were Walter Mallard 60,617 / Neal P. Olsen 60,009 / O.P. Conaway 50,863 / J.S. Conwell 49,980 / Albert B. Conrad 49,970 / Bert L. Farmer 49,075 / Frank L. Cleaveland 48,247 / Ralph Luther Criswell 45,356 / John B. Reeves 44,962. The runners-up were John B. Powell 42,709 / Henry H. Lyon 41,127 / A.D. Houghton 40,699 / Foster C. Wright 31,547 / Frederick C. Langdon 31,264 / Martin Betkouski 31,222 / Estelle Lawton Lindsey 28,891 / Fred C. Wheeler 28,487 / W.A. Roberts 27,270.


1919


1919 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 23,368 (nominated) / Frederick T. Woodman 19,504 (nominated) / Weaver 13,864 / Williams 4,316 / Irene Smith 1,516 / Small 116 Auditor John S. Myers 42,815 (reelected) 42,815 / Morehouse 10,288 City attorney Burnell 21,791 (nominated) / James 11,511 (nominated) / Metcalf 10,163 / Burks 7,194 / Layng 1,887 City Council The following eighteen people were nominated to run in the June election: Bert L. Farmer 31,114 / Boyle Workman 26,503 / Langdon 22,679 / Fred C. Wheeler 22,023 / (W.J.?) Sanborn 20,811 / Fleming 19,923 / Ralph Luther Criswell 19,068 / Mallard 18,295 / Cleaveland 16,326 / Conaway 16,210 / Braunton 16,001 / Seward 15,098 / Conrad 14,739 / Purcell 13,499 / Reeves 13,094 / Olsen 13,092 / True 12,886 / Houghton 11,406.


1919 final

Incomplete returns. Mayor Meredith P. Snyder (elected) / Frederick T. Woodman City attorney Burnell (elected) / James City Council The following nine men were elected: Boyle Workman / Bert L. Farmer / Ralph Luther Criswell / Sanborn / Langdon / Fleming / Mallard / Wheeler / Conaway.


1921


1921 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 33,378 (nominated) / George E. Cryer (nominated) 30,854 / Boyle Workman 12,982 / William L. Smith 1,469 / Alfred A. Wright 512 / Hayden Morgan 325 Auditor John S. Myers 40,301 (elected) / Chester C. Ashley 13,027 / B.E. Morehouse 9,082 / Michael Weisz 2,570 City attorney Jess E. Stephens 61,619 (elected) City Council Walter Mullard 34,595 (nominated) / O.P. Conaway 29,653 (nominated) / Ralph L. Criswell 28,778 (nominated) / F.C. Langdon 28,113 (nominated) / F.C. Wheeler 27,801 (nominated) / E.J. Delorey 25,123 (nominated) / F.L. Cleaveland 24,576 (nominated) / Benjamin Bogardus 22,485 (nominated) / W.J. Sanborn 22,197 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 20,699 (nominated) / Robert M. Allan 20,218 (nominated) / A.B. Conrad 19,750 (nominated) / F.H. True 18,930 (nominated) / Ida W. Darling 18,946 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 18,296 (nominated) / Edward Roberts 12,312 (nominated) / W.A. Roberts 11,210 (nominated) / W.C. Steele 10,628 (nominated) / Frank Purcell 10,010 / Emma B. Swindell 9,526 / Henry A. Hart 9,495 / J.M. Edwards 8,616 / George P. Mills 8,512 / Titus Alexander 8,487 / James Shackleford 7,993 / J.W. Toms 7,929 / Thomas M. Coughlin 7,548 / John B. Franklin 7,635 / Frank Blair 6,949 / Rosa Smith 6,407 / Harry Loomis 6,179 / Oscar C. Zahn 5,869 / C.M. O'Leary 5,742 / L..J. Wright 5,489 / Frank Shannon 5,423 / Cassius E. Bly 5,222 / W.H. Sanders 5,108 / J.L Seamans 4,471 / W.J. Thompson 4,182 / E.B. Harris 3,563 / J.E. Parish 3,187 / Irving A. Mandell 3,137 / Harry S. Fish 3,003 / Julius Levitt 2,787


1921 final

Mayor George E. Cryer 37,510 (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder 33,411 City Council Robert Stewart Sparks 27,215 (elected) / Ralph Luther Criswell 26,854 (elected) / Walter Mallard 26,374 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 24,690 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 24,682 (elected) / F.C. Langdon 24,605 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 24,469 (elected) / O.P. Conaway 24,331 (elected) / F.C. Wheeler 23,975 (elected) / E.J. Delorey 23,334 / F.L. Cleaveland 22,875 / Benjamin Bogardus 22,452 / Ida Works Darling 21,306 / A.B. Conrad 20,024 / F.H True 19,285 / W.C. Steele 15,421 / Edward Roberts 14,353 / W.A. Roberts 14,247


1923


1923 primary

Mayor George E. Cryer 61,766 (reelected) / Bert L. Farmer 17,672 / Edward E. Moore 7,175 / Hancock 3,306 / Knapp 725 Auditor Myers 60,977 (elected) / Wright 16,061 City attorney Stephens 73,860 (elected) City Council Criswell 11,583 (nominated) / Mallard 10,120 (nominated) / Allan 38,918 (nominated) / Sanborn 36,191 (nominated) / Mushet 35,137 (nominated) / Boyle Workman 34,526 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 26,971 (nominated) / Edwin Baker 26,615 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 23,695 (nominated) / Wheeler 22,418 (nominated) / Charles J. Colden 24,217 (nominated) / Wardlaw 19,959 (nominated) / Wallace G. Oaks 165,659 (nominated) / Robert T. Brain 14,119 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 12,698 (nominated) / Glen MacWilliams 12,327 (nominated) / C.W. Clegg 10,806 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 10,330 (nominated) / A.L. Colby 9,883 / Marian Tracie Whiting 9,779 / Titus Alexander 9,637 / Eugene W. Brown 9,244 / Greely Kolts 8,660 / Fred Frank 8,648 / Coughlin 8,483? / Wright 8,412? / William Edwards 8,280 / Charles H. Wood 7,466? / Bernard Goss 7,452 / James G. King 7,431? / Lewis E. Bishop 7,2?5 / Booker T. Washington Jr. 6,752 / William Charlton 6,522 / Charles G. Weickman 6,431 / George T. Jeffers 6,401 / Philip Jacobson 6,350 / Arthur V. Tyler 6,318 / Beaumont 5,746 / M.A. Shuster 5,642 / James Brown 5,545 / C.B. Conlin 4,866 / L.C. Dodelan 3,918 / Harris 3,899 / George E. Killmer 3,683 / J.D. Huddle 2,482 / Anson B. Edgerly 2,158 / Edward C. Primus 1,934


1923 final

City Council Robert M. Allan 50,909 (elected) / Boyle Workman 50,356 (elected) / Mallard 49,880 (elected) / Criswell 49,661 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 45,745 (elected) / Mushet 40,898 (elected) / Gregory 37,089 (elected) / Wheeler 35,500 (elected) / Baker 34,942 (elected) / Charles J. Colden 34,670 / Robert Stewart Sparks 34,458 / Wardlaw 33,411 / Isaac F. Hughes 24,013 / Oaks 23,550 / Brain 21,331 / Clegg 17,313 / Camp 16,309 / MacWilliams 15,954


1925


1925 primary


Citywide 1925–29

Mayor George E. Cryer 82,188 (reelected) / Benjamin F. Bledsoe 67,722 / Miles S. Gregory 9,540 / Edgar McKee 300 / E.J. Rindler 332 / Ralph L. Knapp 229 Controller John S. Myers 64,049 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 47,447 (nominated) / Arthur Eldridge 26,913 City attorney Jess E. Stephens 129,461 (reelected)


City Council 1925–27

1st Charles T. Wardlaw 3,106 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall 2,851 (nominated) / Edgar Lampton 1,593 / Arthur M. Fellows 627 / Clara L. McDonald 328 2nd Robert M. Allan 6,262 (reelected) / Harry D. Brown 3,179 / Milton L. Garrigus 1,426 / Victor M. Clark 1,070 3rd Edwin O. Loucks 2,945 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,729 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 1,373 / William La Plante 1,140 / Fred H. Leavitt 972 / Arthur O. Parker 883 / Arthur St. Claire Perry 735 / Frank Shannon 651 / H. Bernard Abbott 637 / William Vinson McCoy 510 4th Boyle Workman 5,489 (reelected) / Henry Kraemer 2,817 / Charles D. Ray 2,275 5th R.S. Sparks 3,282 (nominated) / John Topham 2,324 (nominated) / Willard E. Badham 2,239 / Robert P. Sheldon 1,148 / Charles C. Weickman 898 / G.W. James 652 / W.H. Elliott 252 / Frederick G. Topp 63 6th C.W. Clegg 3,555 (nominated) / Edward E. Moore, 3,061 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer, 3,045 / B.A. Byrne 784 / Sarah Hawley 703 / H.J. Grimes 552 / Harry B. Lady 278 / Nathan Nagel 271 / E.A. Crandall 270 / Paul Lade 97 7th Ralph Luther Criswell 3,436 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 2,216 (nominated) / George F. Ryan 925 / S.B.W. May 657 / Edgard J. Nagle 467 / Eldon C. Rookledge 236 8th Evan Lewis 1,445 (nominated) / Frank L. Shaw 1,383 (nominated); Greely Kolts 1,136 / George F. Gillett 1,100 / Harry F. Burke 1,014 / Bruce A. Nelson 731 / James M. Alexander 567 / Arne A. Nordskog 539 / W. F. Vellage 491 / Herbert J. Raymond 391 / George D. McClellan 358 / Edward R. Kerns 258 / James R. Gentry 211 / Benjamin S. Lauder 194 / David S. Reynolds 185 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,578 (reelected) / Thomas L. Dodge 2,119 / Bruce M. John 751 / W.G. Browning 656 / Fred W. Kahlert 290 / W.S. Maharg 114 10th Mark A. Pierce 2,302 (nominated) / Charles E. Downs 1,722 (nominated) / Joseph J. Meyers 1,394 / P.M. Abbott 1,131 / George A. Bell 712 / A.B. Jamison 236 11th F.C. Langdon 2,172 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall 1,636 (nominated) / George W. Rochester 912 / Frank H. Mouser 886 / Sidney W. Neighbors 573 / Marcus S. Casenave 468 / Alfred A. Wright 382 / Arch L. Mitchell 307 12th A.J. Barnes 2,812 (nominated) / E.J. McCully 2,068 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,684 / Leslie R. Saunders 1,619 / J.L. Edwards 863 / Lin William Price 717 / Amos L. Colby 571 / W.H. Hartman 99 13th Joseph L. Pedrotti 1,887 (nominated) / Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 1,510 (nominated) / Fred W. Fuller 1,476 / Carl Ingold Jacobson 1,459 / John E. Arnold 1,459 / Bearl Sprott 968 / Edward J. Kelly 677 / E. M. Stewart 505 / James C. Borton 464 / Thomas M. Coughlin 365 14th Edwin Baker 4,526 (nominated) / I.C. Ash 4,374 (nominated) / Charles S. Lamb 1,091; W.A. Roberts 963 / Elsie G. Collins 651 15th Charles J. Colden 4,324 (nominated) / James H. Dodson Jr. 2,501 (nominated) / Henry E. Carter 1,808 / E.M. Reimiller 1,173 / George I. Maxwell 269 / Charles B. Minter 191 / Edward Harris 70


1925 final


Citywide 1925–29

Controller John S. Myers 67,537 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 38,651


City Council 1925–27

1st Charles H. Randall 4,292 (elected) / Charles T. Wardlaw 3,719 2nd Isaac F. Hughes 4,981 (elected) / Edwin O. Loucks 2,714 5th R.S. Sparks 4,379 (elected) / John Topham 3,075 6th Edward E. Moore 5,237 (elected) / C.W. Clegg 4,656 7th Ralph Luther Criswell 3,477 (elected) / Howard W. Davis 2,482 8th Frank L. Shaw 3,546 (elected) / Evan Lewis 2,616 / George F. Gillett 1,410 10th Charles E. Downs 2,972 (elected) / Mark A. Pierce 2,726 11th Peirson M. Hall 3,079 (elected) / Frederick C. Langdon 1,936 12th A.J. Barnes 3,970 (elected) / E.J. McCully 3,016 13th Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 3,722 (elected) / Carl Ingold Jacobson 3,710 / Joseph L. Pedrotti 2,405 14th I.C. Ash 6,364 (elected) / Edwin Baker 4,202 15th Charles J. Colden 4,750 (elected) / James H. Dodson Jr. 4,596


1927


1927 primary


City Council 1927–29

1st Charles Randall 4,691 (elected) / John E. Lambert 2,596 / Frank W. Berkshire 1,676 / Clara McDonald 233 2nd Arthur Alber 4,980 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 2,399 / J.F. Anderson 155 3rd Ernest L. Webster 1,734 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,089 (nominated) / John M. Pratt 805 / De Vier Ely 786 / J.C. Barthel 498 / Williams 432 / William Vinson McCoy 298 / E.W. McGill 175 4th William M. Hughes 3,286 (elected) / Boyle Workman 2,883 5th Virgil A. Martin 3,153 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,214 (nominated) / Charles D. Strickler 1,571 / John Topham 1,362 / Alma Nordstrom 475 / Tupper S. Malone 342 6th Edward E. Moore 4,757 (nominated) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 2,642 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer 2,579 / Thomas H. Hanna 1,421 / Bradford D. Bauens 243 7th Howard W. Davis 3,305 (elected) / Ralph Luther Criswell 2,468 / George W. Grimmer 432 / A. Kreling 162 8th Frank L. Shaw 3,785 (elected) / James R. Gentry 1,822 / William F. Vellage 400 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,241 (elected) / M.T. Poling 1,706 / Jon Grand 427 10th E. Snapper Ingram 1,298 (nominated) / John G. Todd 1,060 (nominated) / Otto J. Zahn 1,002 / George D. Hutchison 951 / Joseph J. Meyers 811 / P.M. Abbott 451 / J.A. Bristow 202 11th Peirson M. Hall 2,874 (elected) / H.E. Binkley 1,009 / Frank H. Mouser 981 12th Official recount: Douglas Eads Foster 3,628 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,921 (nominated) / A.J. Barnes 1,912 / R.M. Angier 219 13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 4,585 (elected) / William M. Byrne 3,162 / William Rudolph 522 / James G. King 259 / Oscar W. Odell 138 / John E. Arnold 109 / Albert G. Sloan 107 14th William G. Bonelli 5,760 (elected) / Harrie R. Collins 1,392 / Andrew S. Wilson 1,251 / A.H. Nickel 584 / Harold P. Fetter 566 / Karl F. Schweitzer 501 / Helga M. Qually 457 / Robert E. Parrott 199 15th Charles J. Colden 5,661 (elected) / Reimiller 1,372 / Edwards 1,322 / Cox 646 / Maginnis 365 / Chais 212 / Anderson 164


1927 final


City Council 1927–29

3rd Ernest L. Webster 9,608 (elected) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,386 5th Virgil A. Martin 7,843 (elected) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,889 6th Lester R. Rice-Wray 8,327 (elected) / Edward E. Moore 4,757 10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,746 (elected) / Todd 2,855 12th Douglas Eads Foster 5,319 (elected) / Horn 3,012


1928


1928 recall

Three precincts missing. For the recall of Council Member Lester R. Rice-Wray 10,168 (recalled) / against 5,872 In the election to succeed Rice-Wray: James G. McAllister 8,168 (elected) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 5,776 / Frank Jones 2,375


1929


1929 primary


Citywide 1929–33

Mayor John C. Porter 75,198 (nominated / William G. Bonelli 45,200 (nominated) / John R. Quinn 39,425 / Perry H. Greer 22,022 / William La Plante 8,182 / Charles J. Colden 4,331 / Carlin G. Smith 3,550 / Nicholas B. Harris 3,503 / Lloyd S. Nix 2,361 / Boyle Workman 2,057 / Charles Hopper 207 / Ralph L. Knapp 188 / Adam C. Derkum 179 / David Horsley 73 Controller John S. Myers 129,251 (elected) / John R. Gaudin 28,729 City attorney Erwin P. Werner 82,094 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall (nominated) 61,226 / Donald M. Keith 33,698 / Leslie H. Kranz 4,794


City Council 1929–31

1st Charles Randall 4,734 (nominated) / W.C. McColl 2, 247 (nominated) / Charles G. Young 1,346 / Truitt W. Hughes 1,025 / Estelle M. Holman 384 2nd Thomas E. Cooke 7,486 (elected) / P.W. Croake / 1,814 / Milton H. Withers 1,314 / Robert D. Clarke 851 / Jesse McComas 656 3rd Ernest L. Webster 7,800 (elected) / J. Walter Kays 3,875 / Albert J. Chotiner 2,037 4th Robert L. Burns 4,312 (nominated) / William M. Hughes 3,313 (nominated) / Neal P. Olsen 1,752 / Willard G. Thorpe 1,560 5th Virgil A. Martin 5,397 (nominated) / S. DeVier Ely 2,856 (nominated) / Joseph Oberwise 1,886 / Byron B. Brainard 1,623 / U.S. Frye 818 6th James G. McAllister 6,676 (elected) / John A. Westrom 1,980 / Charles K. Elliott 1,165 / George A. Lynch 744 / H.J. Grimes 575 / Thomas F. Franklin 554 7th Howard W. Davis 6,408 (elected) / E.J. Nagle 2,447 / Charles L. Ryan 1,285 / George W. Grimmer 1,022 / Willis W. Fuller 903 8th Evan Lewis 2,743 (nominated) / James Gentry 1,932 (nominated) / J.W. Toms 1,873 / Harold F. Marsden 1,786 / Harry F. Burke 1,784 / C.R. McFadden 888 / L.B. Bueter 537 / William T. Connor 391 / Peter Casserly 293 / Don Lake 179 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,356 (nominated) / Frank Belcher (nominated) 2,655 / John Veith 1,520 / Lester M. Steele 1, 118 / John Grand 341 10th E. Snapper Ingram 6,073 (elected) / George Underwood 3,045 / William J. Durm 1,304 / G.S. Mattern 573 / H.N. Witt, 356 11th Lester R. Rice-Wray 3,054 (nominated) / J.C. Barthel 1,757 (nominated) / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 1,749 / Alfred A. Newton 1,482 / John T. Connelly 1,398 / Thomas F. Padden 1,277 / Nora O. Weaver 1,085 / Thomas H. Hanna 916 / Arthur Hirschhorn 675 / A.V. Dedrick 458 12th Douglas Eads Foster 5,219 (nominated) / Thomas W. Williams 3,168 (nominated) / J. Stanley Farlinger 1,708 / Frank E. Fensch 1,535 / William N. Wenning 1,423 / William Francis Ireland 866 13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 7,039 (elected) / Leslie R. Saunders 1,872 / Bearl Sprott 1,564 / Frederick W. Ferguson 815 / William B. Ferguson 624 / Walter L. La Pointe 602 / Wayne C. Stewart 276 14th Charles A. Holland 5,326 (nominated) / Sherrill H. Osborne 2,687 (nominated) / Edward L. Thrasher 1,733 / Earl S. Parker 1,311 / James E. Long Sr. 1,182 / Lee R. Williams 1,064 / Ernest D. Snow 802 / Oscar Fifer 768 / J.E. Bambaugh 349 / Donald W. Spooner 257 15th James E. Dodson Jr. 2,903 (nominated) / A.E. Henning 2,780 (nominated) / Frank McGinley 2,745 / C.F. Sampson 2,144 / Edward Kosin 500 / Wilmer E. Bromley 391 / Arthur L. Frazee 159


1929 final


Citywide 1929–1933

Mayor John C. Porter 151,905 (elected) / William G. Bonelli 106,515 City attorney Erwin P. Werner 152,566 (elected) / Peirson M. Hall 82,444


City Council 1929–1931

1st Charles Randall 8,529 (elected) / McColl 7,375 4th Robert L. Burns 7,763 (elected) / Hughes 6,599 5th Virgil A. Martin 9.039 (elected) / Ely 7,490 8th Evan Lewis 8,119 (elected) / Gentry 7,380 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 7,396 (elected) / Belcher 5,550 11th J.C. Barthel 11,410 (elected) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 6,637 12th Thomas W. Williams 9,461 (elected) / Douglas Eads Foster 8,234 14th Charles A. Holland 10,838 (elected) / Osborne 7,975 15th A.E. Henning 8,666 (elected) / Dodson 7,500


1931


1931 primary


City Council 1931–33

1st Charles Randall 5,856 (elected) / William C. McColl 3,732 / Frank W. Rice 888 2nd Thomas F. Cooke 2,716 (nominated) /
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2,618 (nominated) / Henry G. Lyman 1,962 / Edward L. Davin 587 3rd Ernest L. Webster 5,021 (nominated) / James Stuart McKnight 4,081 (nominated) / Abram C. Denman 2,028 / D.W. MacMillan 317 4th Robert L. Burns 3,607 (nominated) / H.Z. Osborne 2,601 (nominated) / A.J. Spencer 659 / Leonard O. Hall 468 / A.E. Raessler 147 5th Virgil A. Martin 2,954 (recount, nominated) / Roy Donley 1,766 (recount, nominated / Byron B. Brainard 1,745 (recount, failed) / Frank J. Waters 1,584 / Joseph Oberwise 977 / Robert Stewart Sparks 321 / Sidney A. Wilson 304 / Victor E. Breul 119 6th James G. McAllister 4,540 (elected) / Charles L. Clark 2,141 / Claude R. Read 1,591 / Oliver K. Jones 243 / George I. Hughes 217 7th Howard W. Davis 4,466 (elected) / Ralph L. Criswell 2,995 / Edward J. Nagle 908 / George Grant 462 8th Evan Lewis 3,627 (nominated) / John S. Horn 1,713 (nominated) / James R. Gentry 1,480 / Ernest E. Debs 430 / Harry F. Burke 410 / L.B. Bueter 389 / Daniel J. O'Mara 227 / Thomas De Fabries 117 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,044 (nominated) / George W.C. Baker 2,868 (nominated) / Frank Belcher 2,014 / William W. Busic 1,118 / John Vieth 814 / John W. Greenwood 332 / Sam Shulem 191 10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,336 (nominated) / George Underwood 2,598 (nominated) / George A. Pendleton 1,745 / George A. Bell 545 / Joseph F. Curran 438 11th J.C. Barthel 1,958 (nominated) / Clarence E. Coe 1,535 (nominated) / Louis L. Goodman 1,456 / Charles H. Treat 1,126 / Edward J. Morgan 1,010 / Thomas F. Padden 839 / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 723/ Arthur Johnson 587 / John B. Young 539 / Glen Ingles 483 / Sidney A. Cherniss 378 / Stanley Sayer 362 / Philip Baldwin 124 / Lester R. Rice-Wray 120 / T.S. Aisbitt 55 12th Thomas Francis Ford 4,236 (nominated) / Douglas Eads Foster 3,136 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 2,424 / Lyndon R. Foster 379 / Daniel Ballmer 293 13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 3,802 (nominated) / Henry E. Holbrook 1,141 (nominated) / A. Judson Samis 978 / Joseph Napolitano 972 / Leslie R. Saunders 827 / H.J. O'Neill 658 / Claude C. Brooks 612 / Roy Hampton 555 / Andrew G. Vaughn 164 / Joseph Despart 142 / Florence E. Gilmour 73 14th Charles A. Holland 4,903 (nominated) / Edward L. Thrasher 2,654 (nominated) / Thomas L. Doherty 1,938 / A.E. Nelson 1,075 / W.K. Dowan 1,091 / Joseph Reece 602 / Emmett L. Pickerel 45 15th A.E. Henning 5,604 (nominated) / Frank McGinley 5,490 (nominated) / Alick W. Anderson 444 / Fred C. Hermann 254


1931 final


City Council 1931–33

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5,258 (elected) / Thomas F. Cooke 4,861 3rd James Stuart McKnight 7,866 (elected) / Ernest L. Webster 6,687 4th Robert L. Burns 5,399 (elected) / Henry Z. Osborne 5,093 5th Roy L. Donley 5,671 (elected) / Virgil A. Martin 5,510 8th Evan Lewis 7,241 (elected) / John S. Horn 3,701 9th George W.C. Baker (elected) 6,881 / Winfred J. Sanborn 6,019 10th E. Snapper Ingram 5,807 (elected) / George Underwood 4,891 11th Clarence E. Coe 5,460 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 4,444 / J.C. Barthel 3,621 12th Thomas Francis Ford 8,315 (elected) / Douglas E. Foster 5,882 13th Carl Ingold Jacobson 6,424 (elected) / Henry E. Holbrook 5,070 14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,569 (elected) / Charles A. Holland 7,009 15th A.E. Henning 9,611 (elected) / Frank McGinley 8,213


1933


1933 primary


Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 118,775 (nominated) / John C. Porter (nominated) 111.540 / George E. Cryer 36,193 / Charles W. Dempster 35,285 / Charles S. Hutson 10,639 / Frank C. Shoemaker 5,339 / Chaim Shapiro 4,702 / Martin C. Neuner 3,511 / George H. McLain 2,354 / Lawrence Ross 2,311 Controller John S. Myers 169,561 (elected) / James C. Quinn 95,702 City attorney Ray L. Chesbro 155,335 (elected) / Erwin P. Werner 140,827


City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 4,958 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall (nominated) 4,889 / Mark C. Sutton 3,653 / Sterling Martin 1,661 / George C. Audet 1,074 / Ray A. Schafer 950 / George Mozee 835 / George E. Menner 728 / Harry E. Beatty 485 2nd
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5,629 (nominated) / Leon N. Raab 3,922 (nominated) / William C. Harvey 2,886 / Harry B. Leonard 2,263 / E.D. Horkheimer 1,101 3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 7,016 (nominated) / James S. McKnight 2,884 (nominated) / R.L. Joyner 2,028 / Albert Jack Chotiner 1,572 / Robert Bonner 1,120 / Paul V. Parker 900 / George A. Heap 893 / Harry W. Boles 830 / Vance Evans 403 4th Robert L. Burns 8,446 (elected) / H.Z. Osborne 5,068 / P.F. Jordan 1,417 / Julius Krieger 1,162 5th Roy L. Donley 8,618 (nominated) / Byron B. Brainard 6,090 / Virgil A. Martin 4,305 6th James G. McAllister 8,528 (nominated) / Earl C. Gay 3,820 (nominated) / Lee D. Matthews 2,960 / Harry E. Defty 2,724 / J. Earl Scott 1,371 / Charles Hopper 1,084 7th Howard W. Davis 9,361 (elected) / Bert L. Farmer 3,386 / Alex Salot 1,417 / C.C. Terzo 1,061 8th Evan Lewis 7,074 (nominated) / James R. Gentry 5,322 (nominated) / Jacob Massion 4,438 / Ezra W. Chase 516 9th George W.C. Baker 11,855 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 4,122 / H.A. Weiner 2,715 / James Scofield 1,663 10th E. Snapper Ingram 7,886 (elected) / Thomas D. Long 6,423 11th Clarence E. Coe 4,711 (nominated) / Charles Winchester Breedlove 1,884 (nominated) / Arthur Johnson 1,718 / L.l. Goodman 1,510 / Ted E. Felt 1,221 / G.N. Kirkman 1,183 / G.C. Baker 995 / J.G. Levenson 926 / J.C. Barthel 570 12th, unexpired term of Council Member Thomas Francis Ford James T. Carroll 8,224 (elected) / George W. Scott 6,651 12th, full term John W. Baumgartner 9,253 (nominated) / Charles A. McNeill 5,356 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 3,988 13th Darwin W. Tate 6,081 (nominated) / Carl Ingold Jacobson 5,624 (nominated) / James E. Keogh 2,659 / R.V. McClain 860 / Henry Reichard 427 14th Edward L. Thrasher 8,624 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 6,116 (nominated) / Thomas L. Doherty 3,461 / William Authorson 827 15th A.E. Henning 5,905 (nominated) / Franklin P. Buyer 3,481 (nominated) / F.O. Adler 3,348 / N.A. Smith 1,351 / Gus H. Homer 855 / Irvin G. Lewis 828 / George H. Nixon 761


1933 final


Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 187,053 (elected) / John C. Porter 155,513


City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 15,693 (elected) / Charles Randall 8,375 2nd
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10,474 (elected) / Leon N. Raab 9,813 3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 15,698 (elected) / James Stuart McKnight 5,582 5th Byron B. Brainard 13,163 (elected) / Roy Donley 10,499 6th Earl C. Gay 12,131 (elected) / James G. McAllister 11,856 8th Evan Lewis 12,953 (elected) / James R. Gentry 12,129 11th Charles Winchester Breedlove 11,275 (elected) / Clarence E. Coe 9,082 12th John W. Baumgartner 13,894 (elected) / C.A. McNeill 9,343 13th Darwin William Tate 14,043 (elected) / Carl Ingold Jacobson 7,823 14th Edward L. Thrasher 14,675 (elected) / L.R. Williams 9,997 15th Franklin P. Buyer 11,354 (elected) / A.E. Henning 10,290


1935


1935 primary


City Council 1935-37

EPIC after a name indicates endorsement by End Poverty in California 1st Jim Wilson 7,940 (nominated) / Barclay W. Bradley (EPIC) 6,533 (nominated) / John H. Fritz 1,782 / Donald W. Moore 1,144 / George Salisbury 382 2nd
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(EPIC) 6,346 (nominated) / Edmund R. Bohan 6,346 (nominated) / William D. Neil 2,443 / Frank H. Greer 946 / James Quinn 927 / Carleton Bainbridge 510 3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 10,701 (elected) / James M. Carter (EPIC) 4,687 4th Robert L. Burns 9,056 (elected) / G. Howard Fenton 2,375 / Roy Wheeler (EPIC write-in) 1,478 5th Byron B. Brainard 8,687 (nominated) / Charles W. Dempster (EPIC) 6,590 (nominated) / Dan Crowley 846 / Martin B. Kugler 722 / Eleanor Savay 665 6th Earl C. Gay 8,256 (nominated) / Lottie Barkow (EPIC) 3,706 (nominated) / Andrae B. Nordskog 1,497 / Louis E. Ottie 1,320 / L.E. Orr 990 / Charles N. Rapfogel 916 / Harry E. Defty 688 / Douglas J. Hamilton 618 / Charlie Hopper 401 / Charles E. Fergason 394 7th Will H. Kindig (EPIC) 5,514 (nominated) / Dwight Baker 3,927 (nominated) / Homer Crutchfield 2,674 / Horace A. Wilson 1,336 / John J. Marstellar 364 8th Evan Lewis 7,438 (nominated) / Arthur P. Moran (EPIC) 4,119 (nominated) / Jack Massion 3,313 / Leo S. Tilley 2,234 / Earl Heller 705 9th Parley Parker Christensen (EPIC) 5,542 (nominated) / George W.C. Baker 5,437 (nominated) / Winfred J. Sanborn 2,071 / Jack Y. Berman 1,909 / William L. Cummings 1,607 / Karlton I. Pidgeon 1,031 / Howard E. Dorsey 689 / R.E. Lucatoria 666 / 10th G. Vernon Bennett (EPIC) 5,974 (nominated) / E. Snapper Ingram 5,810 (nominated) / Karl F. Euper 899 / Allan M. Rose 703 / Austin L. Tournoux 387 / Lenna G. Walradt 371 11th Unexpired term of Charles Winchester Breedlove Robert S. MacAlister 6,190 (elected) / Arthur Johnson 2,193 / Charles W. Hooper 1,902 / Jack J. Casson 1,186 11th Full term Robert S. MacAlister 4,267 (nominated) / Howard B. Rose (EPIC) 3,961 (nominated) / J.W. O'Connor 1,426 / Charles W. Hooper 1,401 / Arthur Johnson 1,312 / Louis L. Goodman 1,143 / Alfred Watterson 896 / Jack J. Casson 472 / Edward W. McGill 464 / David MacFarlane 362 / H. Clarke Trigg 344 / Fred W. Bentine 118 12th John W. Baumgartner (EPIC) 10,676 (elected) / Charles A. McNeill 5,823 / Harry Lee Jones (write-in) 213 13th Darwin William Tate 9,164 (elected) / Rube Borough (EPIC) 5,429 / James E. Moore 1,182 / Sam D. Barry 522 / Clarence H. Bright 506 / Walter R. Mozee 251 14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,889 (nominated) / Royal M. Davis (EPIC) 3,343 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 3,039 / Harold P. Fetter 1,855 / Lewis C. Martyn 898 / Frank J. Rogers 883 / Harmond B. Amacker 828 / Robert E. Rose 769 15th Edwin G. Gettins (EPIC) 5,629 (nominated) 5,629 / Franklin P. Buyer 5,407 (nominated) / Royal S. Riddle 2,073 / Frederick O. Adler 1,882 / John T. Rawls 1,422


1935 final


City Council 1935-37

1st Jim Wilson 11,109 (elected) / Bradley W. Barclay 8,952 2nd
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7,652 (elected) / Edmund R. Bohan 7,234 5th Byron B. Brainard 11,260 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 8,585 6th Earl C. Gay 12.244 (elected) / Lottie E. Barkow (EPIC) 6,955 7th Will H. Kindig 8.077 (elected) / Dwight Baker 7,597 8th Evan Lewis 10,395 (elected) / Arthur P. Moran 8,964 9th Parley Parker Christensen 11,114 (elected) / George W.C. Baker 9,695 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,794 (elected) / E. Snapper Ingram 8,064 11th R.S. MacAlister 9,499 (elected) / Howard B. Rose 7,515 14th Edward L. Thrasher 12,921 (elected) / Royal M. Davis 7,439 15th Franklin P. Buyer 9,051 / Edwin G. Gettins 8,392


1937


1937 primary


Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 104,481 (nominated) / Ford 77,703 (nominated) / McDonough 40,526 / Wirsching 15,764 / Nordskog 4,833 / Shoemaker 2,142 Controller Hoye 134,713 (elected) / Collins 41,367 / Cox 22,500 City Attorney Chesebro (elected) 116,647 / Taplin 76,912 / Cryer 19,205 / Hubbard 8,501 / Moidel 4,885


City Council 1937-39

1st Jim Wilson 8,948 (elected) / Robinson 2,769 / Quesinberry 2,489 2nd Norris J. Nelson 4,603 (nominated) /
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4,227 (nominated) / Quinn 1,354 / Alberti 1,353 / Quigley 660 3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 8,043 (elected) / Burke 2,350 4th Robert L. Burns 8,333 (elected) 5th Byron B. Brainard 9,683 (elected) / Roy Donley 3,591 / Merrill 1,971 6th Earl C. Gay 10,284 (elected) / Crahan 1,287 / Deegan 1,569 7th Howard W. Davis 8,010 (elected) / Will H. Kindig 6,705 8th Evan Lewis 7,913 (elected) / Massion 2,646 / Crosswhite 1,175 / Rees 1,004 / Smith 606 / Quinn 184 9th Howard E. Dorsey 4,017 (nominated) / Jack Y. Berman 2,450 (nominated) / Armstrong 2,295 / Bowman 2,110 / Winfred J. Sanborn 1,989 / Peterson 1,952 / Farrow 1,081 / Pritchard 730 / Briggs 661 / Wainess 592 / Sheinart 241 / Koehler 131 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,065 (elected) / McLain 5,306 11th R.S. MacAlister 7,849 (elected) / Voigt 3,742 / J.C. Barthel 1,319 12th John W. Baumgartner 9,679 (elected) 13th Darwin William Tate 10,085 (elected) / Johnson 4,812 14th Edward L. Thrasher 10,406 (elected) / Rose 7,113 15th Franklin P. Buyer 7,511 (elected) / Draper 4,337 / Nixon 1,460 / Gallagher 901 / Fisher 692


1937 final


Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 169,848 (elected) / John Anson Ford 144,079


City Council 1937-39

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9,161 (elected) / Norris J. Nelson 8,981 9th Howard E. Dorsey 12,636 / Jack Y. Berman 10,651


1938


1938 recall


Citywide 1938–40

Mayor In favor of the recall of Frank L. Shaw 236,525 (approved) / Opposed 129,245 For mayor Fletcher Bowron 233,427 (elected) / Frank L. Shaw 122,692 / Alonzo Jehiel Riggs 4,050 / Albert F. Osterloh 2,706


City Council 1938–39

6th In favor of the recall of Earl C. Gay 10,009 / Opposed 14,336 (defeated)


1939


1939 primary


City Council 1939–41

1st Jim Wilson 8,446 (nominated) / Delamere Francis McCloskey 4,249 (nominated / Everett G. Burkhalter 3,904 / C. Oscar Leach 1,473 2nd Norris J. Nelson 9,632 (elected) /
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4,287 3rd Stephen W. Cunningham 6,794 (elected) 4th Robert L. Burns 7,356 (elected) / Harry H. Ferrell 2,707 5th Byron B. Brainard 6,815 (nominated) / Arthur E. Briggs 5,715 (nominated) / Ralph S. Armour 1,799 / Ed J. Ryman 332 / Fred Chapman 282 6th Earl C. Gay 7,132 (nominated) / Chelene V. Eckerson 4,749 (nominated) / Doyle D. McClurg 1,078 / Tom Howard 931 / Dan C. Egan 698 / Orvin A. Koch 577 / Harry E. Defty 493 7th Leon H. Washington Jr. 5,011 (nominated) / Carl C. Rasmussen 3,402 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 3,049 / M.T. Faulkes 1,756 / Ray West 1,242 / Edward J. Nagle 974 / Scott Weller 604 / John R. Edwards 507 / Everett K. Miller 291 / Jay W. Swander 161 8th Evan Lewis 7,864 (elected) / Andrew C. Pereboom 2,168 / Robert Hyde 1,630 / Gene Flint 1,278 9th (unexpired term of Howard E. Dorsey) Winfred J. Sanborn 6,548 (nominated) / Parley Parker Christensen 5,404 (nominated) / George W.C. Baker 2,007 / Waldo D. Rios 1,797 9th (full term) Winfred J. Sanborn 5,023 (nominated) / Parley Parker Christensen 3,886 (nominated) / Jack Y. Berman 3,088 / Harry J. Raymond 2,130 / John B. Pelletier 2,074 / George W.C. Baker 1,511 / Waldo D. Rios 1,200 10th G. Vernon Bennett 9,526 (elected) / Willard E. Badham 2,192 / Solly F. Smith 1,620 / Allan M. Rose 804 11th Robert S. MacAlister 5,489 (nominated) / Harold Harby 4,593 (nominated) / Edgar C. Steeves 2,618 / Ted E. Felt 688 / J.C. Barthel 402 12th John W. Baumgartner 6,262 (nominated) / Samuel W. Yorty 4,729 (nominated) / Ralph H. Gray 4,684 13th Frank Merrill 3,292 (nominated) / Roy Hampton 3,215 (nominated) / Grover C. Johnson 3,000 / Carl Ingold Jacobson 2,483 / David P. Vienna 2,122 / Mildred Gilmore 1,050 / H. Raymond Campbell 614 / Harry W. Francis 439 14th Edward L. Thrasher 8,650 (elected) / George Knox Roth 5,633 / Charles A. Self 1,042 / John J. Reltano 825 / Harry Clay Swift 646 / James N. Rankin 442 15th Franklin P. Buyer 4,726 (nominated) / Wilder W. Hartley 3,074 (nominated) / Fred Reaves 2,567 / Ben Wood 998 / Clarence E. Harrison 758 / Leonard R. Davison 684 / W.A. Gallagher 546 / Benjamin M. Bendat 506 / William H. Wilson 498 / Edward Kosin 428 / J.C. Holland 289


1939 final


City Council 1939–41

1st Jim Wilson 11,786 (elected) / Delamere F. McCloskey 11,574 5th Arthur E. Briggs 11,276 (elected) / Byron B. Brainard 9,281 6th Earl C. Gay 11,867 (elected) / Chelene V. Eckerson 11,386 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 13,928 (elected) / Leon H. Washington Jr. 9,575 9th (unexpired term of Howard E. Dorsey) Parley P. Christensen 11,450 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 10,471 9th (full term) Parley P. Christensen 12,168 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 10,783 11th Harold Harby 11,151 (elected) / Robert S. MacAlister 8,651 12th John W. Baumgartner 10,508 (elected) / Samuel W. Yorty 9,766 / R.H. Gray 393 13th Roy Hampton 11,830 (elected) / Frank Merrill 9,243 15th Wilder W. Hartley 11,973 (elected) / Franklin P. Buyer 8,461


1941


1941 primary

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Citywide 1941–45

Mayor Fletcher Bowron 146,006 (nominated) / Stephen W. Cunningham (nominated) 57,009 / Kramer 30,067 / Porter 28,605 / Shaw 24,101 / Husband 9,198 / Rossitto 1,964 / Thayer 1,433 City attorney Chesebro 199,922 (elected) / Allen 51,676 / Maine 11,628 Controller Hoye 138,992 (elected) / Cassidy 73,053 / Abbott 41,061


City Council 1941–43

1st Jim Wilson 9,264 (nominated) / Delamere F. McCloskey (nominated) 5,156 / Charles E. Cook Jr. 4,969 / Kingdon H. Hicks 828 / Charles L. Davies 766 / Frank Di Cristina 628 2nd Norris J. Nelson 10,119 (elected) / Taylor 3,667 3rd Paul V. Parker 6,136 (nominated) / J. Win Austin 5,360 (nominated) / Burke 2,329 / Litzenberg 681 / Offutt 603 4th Robert L. Burns 12,061 (elected) / Melham 2,282 5th Arthur E. Briggs 7,313 (nominated) / Ira J. McDonald 6,242 (nominated) / Raymond 3,049 / Merrill 1,741 / Witman 610 6th Earl C. Gay 11,238 (elected) / Eckerson 8,186 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 8,123 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 5,928 (nominated) / Ferry 1,238 / Motter 1,003 8th Charles A. Allen 6,417 (nominated) / Massion 6,200 (nominated) / Rees 2,260 / Crosswhite 1,317 9th Parley Parker Christensen 8,718 (nominated) / Waxman 4,817 (nominated) / Mathews 2,672 / Fife 1,488 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,287 (elected) / Smith 3,806 / Van Dame 1,071 11th Harold Harby 8,722 (elected) / Shimp 2,332 / Baldwin 1,854 / Appleton 1,635 12th John W. Baumgartner 9,990 (elected) / Gray 4,926 / Honeycombe 1,179 / Kushner 1,028 13th Roy Hampton 11,182 (elected) / Borough 5,428 / Jacobson 3,176 14th Edward L. Thrasher 9,987 (nominated) / Roth 6,977 (nominated) / Hamilton 1,789 / Higgins 1,682 15th Wilder W. Hartley 7,637 (nominated) / Franklin P. Buyer 7,096 (nominated) / Jett 1,298 / MacDonald 1,574


1941 final


1941-45 citywide

Mayor Fletcher Bowron 181,582 (elected) / Stephen W. Cunningham 149,195


1941–43 City Council

1st Delamere Francis McCloskey 12,826 (elected) / Jim Wilson 12,148 3rd J. Win Austin 10,446 (elected) / Paul V. Parker 8,649 5th Ira J. McDonald 12,420 (elected) / Arthur E. Briggs 9,492 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 11,726 (elected) / Howard W. Davis 8,340 8th Charles A. Allen 12,031 (elected) / Massion 8,408 9th Parley Parker Christensen 12,838 (elected) / Waxman 7,644 14th Edward L. Thrasher 12,623 (elected) / Roth 11,386 15th Wilder W. Hartley 11,877 (elected) / Franklin P. Buyer 7,917


1943


1943 primary


1943–45 City Council

1st Delamere Francis McCloskey 6,524 (elected) / Scherer 2,948 / Gettys 1,532 / Dentzel 725 / West 622 / Delph 483 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 6,243 (elected) / Gordon 1,580 / Wright 928 / Cuthbertson 885 / Nelson 639 / Taylor 522 3rd J. Win Austin 7,587 (elected) / Parker 575 4th Robert L. Burns 10,141 (elected) / Gunn 928 5th Ira J. McDonald 6,771 (elected) / MacDonough 3,342 / Arthur E. Briggs 2,334 6th Earl C. Gay 5,783 (nominated) / L.E. Timberlake 4,136 (nominated) / McGahan 2,287 / McFarland 652 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 7,226 (elected) / Collins 2,941 8th Charles A. Allen 6,825 (elected) 9th Parley Parker Christensen 5,900 (nominated) / Allen 3,876 (nominated) / Campbell 1,727 / Forbes 1,113 10th G. Vernon Bennett 5,510 (elected) / Kilpatrick 3,718 / Barnard 1,573 11th unexpired term Dave Stannard 5,098 (elected) / Harold Harby 4,420 11th full term Harold Harby 4,020 (nominated) / Dave Stannard 3,998 (nominated) / Blake 2,135 / Lindstrom 465 12th John W. Baumgartner 8,068 (elected) / Tierney 1,516 / Gill 1,323 / Kushner 636 / Gore 523 13th Roy Hampton 6,363 (nominated) / Ned R. Healy 3,328 / Kay Cunningham 3,310 / Meade McClanahan 1,266 14th John C. Holland 8,916 (elected) / Edward L. Thrasher 5,758 / Shield 800 15th George H. Moore 6,383 (elected) / Wilder W. Hartley 4,664


1943 final


1943–45 City Council

6th Earl C. Gay 8,841 (elected) / L.E. Timberlake 8,404 9th Parley Parker Christensen 7,309? (elected) / Allen 7,026 11th Harold Harby 6,392 (elected) / Dave Stannard 5,988 13th Ned R. Healy 9,177 (elected) / Roy Hampton 7,613


1945


1945 primary


1945–49 Citywide

Mayor Fletcher Bowron 146,707 (elected) / Clifford Clinton 51,226 / Roger Jessup 34,056 / Ira J. McDonald 12,721 / Samuel W. Yorty 10,407 / Entenza 10,319 / Jones 2,341 / Gunn 1,274 / Dyster 790 / Hill 647 / Weiss 581 / Zeman 512 / Martin 368 / Mosteller 233 City attorney Chesebro 197,957 (elected) / Friday 30,902


1945–47 City Council

1st Delamere Francis McCloskey 6,570 (nominated) / Leland S. Warburton 6,222 (nominated) / Randall 1,391 / Ellis 1,088 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 10,153 (elected) / Fulton 2,867 / Crowe 1,444 / Wright 1,332 / LaGuardia 585 3rd Figures missing. 4th Harold A. Henry 8,622 (nominated) / Groman 3,398 (nominated) / E. Snapper Ingram 2,238 / Hensley 1,077 / Hayden 648 / Syracuse 579 / Hansen 568 / Melham 345 5th George P. Cronk 4,972 (nominated) / Kennedy 4,555 (nominated) / Olson 2,909 / Murchison 1,032 / Northrup 910? / Brooks 766 / Smith 551 / Wood 419 6th Earl C. Gay 7,866 (nominated) / L.E. Timberlake 6,473 (nominated) / Williams 2,249 / Read 777 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 9,319 (nominated) / Charlotta A. Bass 6,546 (nominated) / Hawkins 1,369 / Ferry 1,001 / Branch 693 8th Charles A. Allen 8,852 (elected) / Gentry 4,009 / Hillton 741 / Rose 685 9th Parley Parker Christensen 7,378 (nominated) / Allen 5,122 / Quevedo 2,227 / Campbell 2,010 / Rose 1,038 10th G. Vernon Bennett 12,207 (elected) / Biber 2,327 11th Harold Harby 9,633 (elected) / Dave Stannard 2,263 / MacGregor 1,685 12th Ed J. Davenport 4,301 (nominated) / Newton 3,642 (nominated) / Brown 2,034 / Merrill 1,980 / Campbell 1,879 / McFarland 1,171 / Tierney 906 / Kushner 874 / Pettis 216 13th full term Meade McClanahan 9,098 (elected) / Joseph W. Aldlin 7,328 / Brankey 1,642 13th unexpired term Meade McClanahan 9,505 (elected) / Joseph W. Aldlin 7,277 14th John C. Holland 12,846 (elected) / Laster 5,817 15th George H. Moore 8,168 (elected) / Wilder W. Hartley 4,305


1945 final


1945–47 City Council

Incomplete 1st Leland S. Warburton 7,271 (elected) / Delamere Francis McCloskey 4,598 4th Harold A. Henry 11,112 (elected) / Groman 3,848 5th George P. Cronk, 9,347 (elected) / Kennedy 6,195 6th L.E. Timberlake 9,295 (elected) / Earl C. Gay 9,185 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 14,593 (elected) / Charlotta A. Bass 7,748 9th Parley Parker Christensen 8,848 (elected) / Allen 8,261 12th Ed J. Davenport 7,809 (elected) / Newton 7,584


1946


1946 recall election


1946–47 City Council

13th recall Meade McClanahan Yes 12,394 approved / No 8,913 13th John R. Roden 11,394 (elected) / Hubert Wallis 1,028 / John P. McGinley 929


1947


1947 primary


1947–49 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 16,703 (elected) / LaRue 2,681 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 14,462 (elected) / McKnight 4,063 / Brubaker 2,580 / Lusk 982 / Joel 415 3rd J. Win Austin 14,613 (elected) / McMillan 5,078 4th Harold A. Henry 12,959 (elected) / Doran 5,107 / Butler 1,153 / Chiverton 611 5th George P. Cronk 16, 223 (elected) / Gans 2,371 6th L.E. Timberlake 10,878 (elected) / Brown 3,559 / Earl C. Gay 3,223 / Corrigan 1,525 / Williams 461 / Beets 319 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 7,278 (nominated) / Don A. Allen 5,691 (nominated) / Caston 5,502 / Davis 2,643 / Collins 1,104 / Townsend 908 / Draper 286 / Alvord 200 8th Charles A. Allen 8,841 (nominated) / Kenneth Hahn 5,702 (nominated) / Caukins 1,761 / Monjar 1,338 9th Parley Parker Christensen 8,933 (nominated) / Sheehan 3,778 (nominated) / Edward R. Roybal 3,338 / Jaffe 3,098 / Shalmo 1,225 10th G. Vernon Bennett 12,464 (elected) / Downs 2,861 / Bratton 1,876 11th Harold Harby 13,955 (elected) / Kelleher 3,568 12th Ed J. Davenport 13,555 (elected) / Behrend 4,436 / Maxwell 1,225 / Gibbons 972 13th Ernest E. Debs 10,216 (nominated) / John R. Roden 10,046 (nominated) / Meade McClanahan 2,783 / Willingham 1,454 14th John C. Holland 11,602 (elected) / Mitchell 4,373 / Bishop 2,528 / Baker 2,356 / Buckley 841 15th George H. Moore 8,318 (nominated) / Wilder W. Hartley 5,041 (nominated) / DeHoog 3,852 / Kisner 728


1947 final


1947–49 City Council

7th Don A. Allen 14,542 (elected) / Carl C. Rasmussen 9,408 8th Kenneth Hahn 11,938 (elected / Charles A. Allen 9,235 9th Parley Parker Christensen 11,233 (reelected) / Sheehan 9,540 13th Ernest E. Debs 15,932 (elected) / John R. Roden 11,746 15th George H. Moore 13.372 (reelected) / Wilder W. Hartley 8,016


1949


1949 primary


1949–53 Citywide

Mayor Fletcher Bowron 179,929 (nominated) / Lloyd Aldrich 87,766 (nominated) / Ellis Patterson 57,286 / Jack V. Tenney 48,162 / Olin E. Darby 18,806 / Shaw 2,716 / Attaway 2,647 / Weiss 1,506


1949–51 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 17,073 (elected) / Lory 3,857 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 17,179 (elected) / Barrett 3,490 / Barnes 2,505 / Smith 931 3rd J. Win Austin 17,373 (elected) / Klenner 4,078 4th Harold A. Henry 18,337 (elected) / Frolich 5,387 5th George P. Cronk 14,652 (elected) / McDonough 7,050 / Major 5,637 6th L.E. Timberlake 16,086 (elected) / Wilson 4,318 / Boyle 2,093 / Dulgarian 1,290 / Orr 1,175 / Smith 836 / Caustin 809 7th Don A. Allen 19,906 (elected) / Bryant 4,347 8th Kenneth Hahn 22,277 (elected) / Olson 4,002 9th Edward R. Roybal 11,139 (nominated) / Parley Parker Christensen 9,521 / Sheehan 2,754 / Sullivan 2,637 10th No contest. 11th No contest. 12th Ed J. Davenport 17,811 (elected) / Kushner 4,811 13th No contest. 14th John C. Holland 15,323 (elected) / Thrasher 8,237 / Meek 4,756 15th George H. Moore 12,670 (elected) / McClung 8,307


1949 final


1949–53 Citywide

Mayor Fletcher Bowron 238,199 (reelected) / Lloyd Aldrich 207,211


1949–51 City Council

9th Edward R. Roybal 20,473 (elected) / Parley Parker Christensen 11,956


1951


1951 primary


1951–53 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 13,290 (elected) / O'Brien 12,800 2nd Earle D. Baker 13,609 (elected) / Lloyd G. Davies 7,835 / Brady 3,718 3rd J. Win Austin 18,942 (elected) / Klenner 4,585 4th Harold A. Henry 17,005 (elected) / Melham 4,671 5th George P. Cronk 15,505 (elected) / Case 4,112 / E. Snapper Ingram 3,803 6th L.E. Timberlake 19,753 (elected) / Holzhausen 4,419 7th Don A. Allen 14,752 (elected) 8th Kenneth Hahn 15,277 (reelected) 9th Edward R. Roybal 17,941 (elected) / Rael 5,762 10th Kilpatrick 5,301 (nominated) / Charles Navarro 5,077 (nominated) / G. Vernon Bennett 3,835 / Hubbard 2,250 / Charles E. Downs 1,423 11th Harold Harby 12,728 (elected) / Hill 10,960 12th Ed J. Davenport 10,386 (elected) / Newton 5,019 / Payne 2,419 / McFarland 1,030 13th Ernest E. Debs 15,804 (elected) / Monroe 7,505 / Balmer 1,670 14th John C. Holland 13,809 (elected) / Garrick 9,461 / Hop 1,902 / Welchel 654 15th George H. Moore 7,541 (nominated) / John S. Gibson Jr. 6,852 (nominated) / Hillyer Jr. 3,988


1951 final


1951–53 City Council

10th Charles Navarro 9.075 (elected) / Kilpatrick 7,382 15th John S. Gibson Jr. 10,555 (elected) / George H. Moore 9,514


1953


1953 primary


1953–57 citywide

Mayor Norris Poulson 211,247 (nominated) / Fletcher Bowron 178,362 / Aldrich 70,459 / Burke 16,470 / Weiss 3,542 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 280,195 (reelected) / Patterson 120,442 / Erwin 35,876 Controller Daniel O. Hoye 317,526 (reelected) / Chenoweth 73,734


1953–57 City Council

Four-year terms for City Council members begin. 1st Everett G. Burkhalter 14,968 (nominated) / O'Brien (nominated) 10,583 / Garver 3,698 / Taylor 930 2nd Earle D. Baker 24,257 (reelected) / O'Connor Jr. 4,665 / West 2,688 3rd Robert M. Wilkinson 5,803 (nominated) / O'Rourke 5,129 (nominated) / Plugge 4,140 / and 13 others 4th Harold A. Henry 21,925 (reelected) / Schulman 4,195 / Long 4,018 5th Rosalind Wiener 9,712 (nominated) / Elmer Marshrey 9,261 (nominated) / Nash 4,715 / and six others 6th L.E. Timberlake 16,876 (reelected) / Thruelson 12,504 / Behling 1,943 7th Don A. Allen 18,965 (reelected) / Smith 12,504 / Noeller 1,731 8th Gordon Hahn 13,940 (elected) / Sorensen 5,296 / Rev. E. W. Rakestraw 3,352 / and five others 9th Edward R. Roybal unopposed (reelected) 10th Charles Navarro 14,892 (reelected) / Dr. John A. Somerville 8,316 / Hayes 2,781 / and two others 11th Harold Harby 16,840 (reelected) / Hill 9,996 / Eckman 1,359 / and two others 12th Ed J. Davenport 14,025 (reelected) / Ransom M. Callicott 13,582 13th Ernest E. Debs 26,323 (reelected) / Mirabal 2,581 / McDonald 1,931 14th John C. Holland 16,783 (reelected) / Garrick 13,349 / Sinclair 2,195 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 16,896 (reelected) / Love 5,003 / and 2 others


1953 final


1953–57 citywide

Mayor Norris Poulson 287,619 (elected) / Fletcher Bowron 252,721


1953–57 City Council

1st Everett G. Burkhalter 21,646 / O'Brien 13,919 3rd Robert M. Wilkinson 20,661 / O'Rourke 17,315 5th Rosalind Wiener 21,110 / Elmer Marshrey 18,790


1955


1955 primary


1955–59 City Council

2nd Earle D. Baker 17,478 (elected) / Fanning 9,689 / Bernhard 1,385 / Bassett 943 4th Harold A. Henry 16,790 (elected) / Schulman 4,934 / Bartlett 2,534 6th L.E. Timberlake 21,409 (elected) / Rose 2,590 / Serias 2,103 8th Gordon Hahn 13,974 (elected) / Givens 3,507 / Parks 3,185 10th Charles Navarro 11,336 (elected) / Thomas 6,236 / Lomax 3,086 / Mackaig 1.555 / Whitworth 477 12th Ransom M. Callicott 12,237 (elected) / Gummerman? 3,341? / Ketchum 2,013 / Abbott 1,858 / Borovay 723 14th John C. Holland 14,012 (elected) / Woodward 11,532?


1955 final

There were no runoff races in city elections.


1957


1957 primary


1957–61 citywide

Mayor Norris Poulson 311,970 (elected) / Yeakel 141,306 / Ennis 44,112 / Carpenter 8,609 / Banks 7,094


1957–61 City Council

1st Everett G. Burkhalter 29,704 (elected) / Ames 6,209 / Brodnax 1,681 3rd Patrick D. McGee 18,648 (elected) / Maguire 6,437 / Brouillette 6,318 / Violette 1,531 / King 1,046 / Miller 1,011 / Ross 630 / Fixler 599 5th Rosalind Wiener Wyman 32,468 (elected) / Knoble 3,435 / Leeds 2,545 / Wolin 1,278 7th James C. Corman 7,209 (nominated) / Kay Bogendorfer 6,729 (nominated) / Ernani Bernardi 4,791 / Pulskamp 4,292 / Nadeau 2,952 / Plugge 2,778 / Connolly 2,071 / Alton 1,968 / Whitney 1,099 / Bongfeldt 1,027 9th No contest 11th Karl L. Rundberg 12,084 (nominated) / Harold Harby (nominated) 9,091 / Raeburn 6,230 / Gottlieb 4,752 / Ryerson 872 13th No contest 15th No contest


1957 final


1957–61 City Council

7th James C. Corman 18,916 (elected) / Kay Bogendorfer 11,544 11th Karl L. Rundberg 17,524 (elected) / Harold Harby 10,193


1959


1959 primary


1959–63 City Council

2nd Lemoine Blanchard 12,814 (nominated) / Earle D. Baker 10,706 (nominated) / McCann 2,602 / Walt Emeson 2,295 4th Harold A. Henry 20,680 (reelected) / Eaton 6,058 / Hersh 1,216 6th L.E. Timberlake 17,376 (reelected) / Davenport 4,496 / Serfas? 3,401 8th Gordon Hahn 16,819 (reelected) / Tolbert 3,516 / Harper 2,064 / Fike 894 10th Charles Navarro 12,961 (reelected) / Atkinson 7,628 / Allen 5,454 / Burke 2,696 / Gray 831 12th Ransom Callicott 12,740 (reelected) / Russell 6,520 13th (unexpired term of Ernest E. Debs)
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7,864 (nominated) / Charles Bigler 4,005 (nominated) / Perino? 2,345 / Perkins? 2,238 / Runyan? 2,060 / Christopherson 1,970 / Pontino? 1,942 / Bearlay? 1,026 / Feingold? 540 14th John C. Holland 15,959 (reelected) / Basden? 6,592 / Bodine? 3,852 / Broglia? 831 / Beal? 641 / Gledding? 287 / Runyon? 261 / Carson? 254


1959 final


1959–63 City Council

2nd Lemoine Blanchard 16,195 (elected) / Earle D. Baker 13,178 10th Charles Navarro 17,861 (reelected) / Atkinson 15,121 13th (unexpired term of Ernest E. Debs)
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13,981 (elected) / Charles Bigler 10,609


1961


1961 primary


1961–65 citywide

Mayor Norris Poulson 179,273 (nominated) / Sam Yorty 122,475 (nominated) / Patrick D. McGee 115,635 / Ronstadt 11,340 / Kessler 7,558 / Carpenter 7,267 / Miller 4,640 / Coover 2,141 / Lauria 1,598 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 299,411 (reelected) / Garrett 108,143 City controller Charles Navarro 187,122 (nominated) / Daniel O. Hoye 133,569 (nominated) / Fischer 65,318 / Kay 25,683


1961–65 City Council

1st Everett G. Burkhalter 17,284 (reelected) / Simmons 7,855 / Quevedo 2,499 / Hirsch 2,288 3rd Thomas D. Shepard 11,532 (nominated) / Moffatt 7,449 (nominated) / Moss 4,282 / Anderson 2,258 / Hiscock 1,024 / Ellis 1,797 / Curran 1,295 / Clifton 1,271 / Lamm 1,241 / Van Arsdale 1,047 / Bergin 998 / Criz 943 / Wick 605 / Crosson 550 / Vance 333 5th Rosalind Wiener Wyman 22,702 (reelected) / Ben-Tovim 5,816 / Stewart 3,767 / Solin 2,624 7th Ernani Bernardi 11,811 (nominated) / Hardy 5,040 (nominated) / Contino 4,444 / Harrison 3,244 / Winters 2,291 / Sitler 1,896 / McDonald 1,534 / Rosenberg 1,397 / Taylor 901 / Kliebert 546 / Milliner 511 / Wapner 436 9th Edward R. Roybal 17,291 (reelected) / Carter 2,777 / Ruiz 1,784 11th Karl L. Rundberg 20,521 (reelected) / Davis 6,760 / Gallagher 3,733 13th
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21,951 (reelected) / Libow 5,430 / Abel 1,904 / Berset 1,694 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 19,928 (reelected)


1961 final


1961–65 citywide

Mayor Samuel Yorty 273,073 (elected) / Norris Poulson 257,073 City controller Charles Navarro 331,340 (elected) / Dan O. Hoye 161,690


1961–65 City Council

3rd Thomas D. Shepard 28,902 (elected) / Norbert B. Moffat 18,508 7th Ernani Bernardi 22,291 (elected) / J. Howard Hardy 18,825


1963


1963 primary


1963–67 City Council

1st Phill Silver 6,503 (nominated) / Louis R. Nowell 4,068 (nominated) / Foote 3,000 / Simmons 2,856 / Hamner 2,764 / Dodd 2,528 / Corrigan 1,948 / Lipton 1,939 / Imus 1,503 / DiFrancesco 705 / Rick 648 / Weeks 325 2nd C. Lemoine Blanchard 13,758 (nominated) / James B. Potter, Jr. 8,480 (nominated) / Feiner 7,119 / Michaels 2,251 / Walt Emeson 1,783 / Malone 638 / Hawthorne 348 4th Harold A. Henry 20,793 (reelected) / O'Connor 4,696 / Kruger 1,388 6th L.E. Timberlake 14,818 (reelected) / Burke 10,635 8th
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11,114 (nominated) / Leon Harrison 5,717 (nominated) / Porter 4,698 / Loyd 3,956 / Burton Jr. 1,297 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 11,631 (nominated) / Richard Tafoya 9,096 (nominated) / Hinkle 1,741 / Sanchez 1,559 / Serrato 620 / Valencia 284 10th unexpired term ending June 30, 1963 Tom Bradley 17,760 (elected) / Joe E. Hollingsworth 10,540 10th full term starting July 1, 1963 Tom Bradley 17,552 (elected) / Joe E. Hollingsworth 10,400 12th John P. Cassidy 12,788 (elected) / McDermott 4,339 / Jong 1,607 / Soles 1,220 14th John C. Holland 16,140 (elected) / Hobart 9,921 / Mackey 2,419


1963 final

1st Louis R. Nowell 4,068 (reelected) / Phill Silver 12,847 2nd James B. Potter, Jr. 18,971 (elected) / C. Lemoine Blanchard 17,117 8th
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16,389 (elected) / Leon Harrison 8,927 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 16,440 (reelected) / Richard Tafoya 13,109


1965


1965 primary


1965–69 citywide

Mayor Samuel W. Yorty 392,776 (elected) / James Roosevelt 247,313 / Ware 1,728 / Bolger 1,446 / Chrisoheris 915 / Hawthorne 696 / Coover 491 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 474,550 (elected) City controller Charles Navarro 470,324 (elected)


1965–69 City Council

1st Louis R. Nowell 27,574 (elected) / Skowron 7,260 3rd Thomas D. Shepard 27,483 (elected) / Morris 12,840 / Slocum 1,764 5th Rosalind Wiener Wyman 14,198 (nominated) /
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12,988 (nominated) / Teichner 10,153 / Halper 8,703 / Biren 4,958 / French 2,455 / Lertzman 320 7th Ernani Bernardi 22,268 (reelected) / McIntyre 7,840 / Brown 4,417 / Carasso 1,822 / Simmons 1,228 / Frailich 595 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 25,477 (elected) / Calderon 10,662 / Valencia 2,606 / Brooks 1,145 11th Karl L. Rundberg 22,397 (nominated) / Marvin Braude 11,033 (nominated) / Rogers 8,671 / Eells 4,103 13th unexpired term ending June 30, 1965 Paul H. Lamport 13,554 (nominated) / Mary Tinglof 10,534 (nominated) / Libow 5,518 / Marvin 3,906 / Fenstermaker 2,427 / Pedroza 2,081 / Passow 2,059 / Nathanson 1,463 13th full term starting July 1, 1965 Paul H. Lamport 13,031 / Mary Tinglof 9,913 (nominated) / Libow 5,208 / Marvin 3,735 / Fenstermaker 2,224 / Passow 1,832 / Pedrosa 1,752 / Nathanson 1,365 / Sullivan 656 / Angier 414 / Rivas 347 / Sellers 292 / Berset 90 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 24,209 (reelected) / Aguirre 8,962


1965 final


1965–69 City Council

5th
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37,291 (elected) / Rosalind Wiener Wyman 12,201 11th Marvin Braude 22,023 (elected) / Karl L. Rundberg 18,976 13th unexpired term ending June 30, 1965 Paul H. Lamport 21,675 (elected / Mary Tinglof 13,160 13th full term starting July 1, 1965 Paul H. Lamport 21,269 (elected) / Mary Tinglof 13,160


1967


1967 primary


1967–71 City Council

2nd James B. Potter, Jr. 14,868 (elected) / Walt Emeson 2,901 / Boyd 1,949 / Rick 1,369 4th unexpired term John Ferraro 20,024 (elected) / Bourland 7,605 4th full term John Ferraro 19,612 (reelected) / Bourland 7,581 6th L.E. Timberlake 16,928 (reelected) / Killmeyer 2,198 / Carter 2,109 / O'Brien 1,206 / Peters 931 8th
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21,650 (reelected) / Williams 892 / Burchett 850 / Green 829 10th Tom Bradley unopposed. 12th Robert M. Wilkinson 8,982 (nominated) / John P. Cassidy 6,112 (nominated) / Cavnar 3,281 / Contino 2,844 / Jones 2,729 / Waisgerber 1,859 / Marrone 1,041 / Markham 603 14th Arthur K. Snyder 15,157 (elected) / Cook 4,014 / Wong 3,866 / Mackey 3,731 / Jacinto 1,168 / O'Neill 834 / George 646 / Orr 380 / Lockwood 360 / Hampton 135


1967 final


1967–71 City Council

12th Robert M. Wilkinson 24,312 (elected) / John P. Cassidy 7,127


1969


1969 primary


1969–73 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 293,793 (nominated) / Sam Yorty 183,334 (nominated) / Baxter Ward 116,555 / Bell 99,172 / Robert M. Wilkinson 2,682 / Steinberg 1,574 / Andreson 1,600 / Elliott 1,160 / Rourke 790 / Kline 718 / Whizin 659 / Hathaway 375 / Federick 277 / Schulner 169 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 384,355 (reelected) City controller Charles Navarro 379.971 (reelected)


1969–73 City Council

1st Louis R. Nowell 22,818 (reelected) / Jim Keysor 7,890 / Cortes 6,111 / Wahrman 3,958 / Wargo 1,099 3rd Howard W. Speer 13,778 (nominated) / Donald Lorenzen 9,519 (nominated) / Moffatt 5,159 / Walker 4,452 / Ames 3,597 / Moore 3,074 / New 2,813 / Falcone 1,551 / Smith 866 5th
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42,358 (reelected) / Rutledge 4,453 / Dans 2,550 7th Ernani Bernardi 29,120 (reelected) / Onan 9,509 / Marrone 3,323 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 26,274 (reelected) 11th Marvin Braude 35,962 (reelected) 13th Paul H. Lamport 13,955 (nominated) / Robert Stevenson 11,037 (nominated) / Pedroza 7,034 / Norman 2,951 / Scherb 2,309 / Newman 2,289 / Lemieux 1,084 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 25,676 (reelected)


1969 final


1969–73 citywide

Mayor Sam Yorty 447,030 (reelected) / Tom Bradley 392,379


1969–73 City Council

3rd Donald Lorenzen 32,387 (elected) / Howard W. Speer 23,888 13th Robert Stevenson 26,335 (elected) / Paul H. Lamport 22,935


1969 special

First special election in history of Los Angeles.


1969–71 City Council

6th Pat Russell won by 520 votes over her closest opponent, Frank Small. There were three other candidates.


1971


1971 primary


1971–75 City Council

2nd Joel Wachs 6,346 (nominated) / James B. Potter, Jr. 6,016 (nominated) / Melograno 4,104 / Smith 3,718 / Commons 3,598 / Bennett 2,827 / Wieder 2,172 / Stanley Hirsh 606 / Rick 648 / Williams 572 / Walt Emeson 486 / Arthur Arthur 354 / True Slocum 207 / Eileen Nora Andreson 197 / Duberchin 126 4th John Ferraro 18,892 (reelected) / Federick 3,540 6th unexpired term of L.E. Timberlake Pat Russell 15,612 (reelected) / Small 11,040 6th Pat Russell 15,207 (reelected) / Frank Small 11,214 8th
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18,778 (reelected) 10th Tom Bradley 19,164 (reelected) / Henry 2,835 12th Robert M. Wilkinson 15,301 (reelected) / Waisgerber 4,221 / Holtz 2,835 / Christensen 2,608 / Boudreau 1,176 14th Arthur K. Snyder 21,500 (reelected) / Deal 5,261 / Perez 4,214


1971 final


1971–75 City Council

2nd Joel Wachs 24,704 (elected) / James B. Potter, Jr. 14,898


1973


1973 primary


1973–77 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 233,789 (nominated) / Sam Yorty 190,649 (nominated) / Jess Unruh 114,693 / Reddin 83,930 / Joel Wachs 24,907 / Dornan 4,849 / Rodriguez 2,326 / Bagley 2,118 / Anderson 1,037 / Watson 792 / Buchanan 685 / Orr 555 / Ware 371 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 249,750 (nominated) / Burt Pines 211,260 (nominated) / Ira Reiner 46,599 / Hyman 23,604 City controller Charles Navarro 356,245 (reelected) / Gold 81,253 / Hoag 41,613 / Day 33,323 / Blount 31,837 / Taylor 20,505 / Rees 13,929


1973–77 City Council

1st Louis R. Nowell 17,058 (reelected) / Howard Finn 6,395 / Rodney G. Harrison 3,229 / Dib 2,215 / Willis 1,674 / Hamlin 1,514 3rd Donald D. Lorenzen 18,886 (nominated) / Joy Picus 10,087 / Scola 8,602 / Dominguez 3,323 / Bach 3,150 5th
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42,179 (reelected) 7th Ernani Bernardi, 29,308 (reelected) 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 16,848 (reelected) / Hinkle 3,683 / Kelley 2,736 / Scott 2,075 / Stanley 1,959 / Barnett 1,693 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. (elected) /
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11th Marvin Braude 43,901 (reelected) / Falcone 5,269 / Henry 4,891 (One precinct missing) 13th Robert Stevenson 12,905 (nominated) / Kasper 11,313 / Paul H. Lamport 4,922 / Estomo 3,879 / Perez 2,562 / Newman 1,750 / Machadah 1,534 / Discola 1,461 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 16,789 (reelected) / Almeida 5,659 / Siegfried 2,768


1973 final


1973–77 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 431,222 (elected) / Sam Yorty 334,297 City attorney Burt Pines 418, 856 (elected) / Roger Arnebergh 299,212


1973–77 City Council

3rd Don Lorenzen 27, 575 (reelected) / Joy Picus 27,027 (totals as determined by a recount) 13th Robert Stevenson 27,231 (reelected) / Kasper 21,062


1975


1975 primary


1975–79 City Council

2nd Joel Wachs 1,321 (reelected) / Bell 97 / Rickless 94 / Kritt 55 / Gabriel 21 4th John Ferraro 6,275 (reelected) / Ogren 1,575 / Abella 832 / Broy 193 5th Fran Savitch 2,433 (nominated) / Zev Yaroslavsky 1,635 (nominated) / Rosalind Wiener Wyman 1,523 / Pye 846 / Rutledge 339 / Richman 313 / French 219 / Hamm 132 / Cowan 103 / Milrad 82 6th Pat Russell 1,351 (reelected) / Overfelt 425 / Lee 157 / Nickel 40 8th unexpired term of
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Robert C. Farrell 4,879 (elected) 8th full term Robert C. Farrell 3,873 (elected) / Curtis 809 / Justice 524 10th unexpired term of Tom Bradley David S. Cunningham, Jr. 4,884 (elected) 10th full term David S. Cunningham, Jr. 3,571 (elected) / Bradley 1,621 / MacMillan 648 12th Robert M. Wilkinson 1,613 (nominated) / Klein 1,306 (nominated) / Gallagher 482 / Dantona 343 / Goetzman 88 14th Arthur K. Snyder 5,161 (elected) / Lopez-Lee 2,957 / Avila 1,914 / Garcia 791 / Armas 225 / Bastides 144 / Pendas 30


1975 final


1975–79 City Council

5th unexpired term of
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Zev Yaroslavsky 23,372 (elected) / Fran Savitch 19,606 12th Robert M. Wilkinson 20,391 (elected) / Klein 20,058 13th Peggy Stevenson 9,008 (elected) / Irving Kasper 6,900 / Quinn 5,342 / plus 26 other candidates


1977


1977 primary


1977–81 Citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 287,927 (reelected) / Robbins 136,180 / Jarvis 47,665 / plus nine other candidates City attorney Burt Pines 366,398 (reelected) / Clancy 35,324 / Diamond 19,929 / plus two other candidates City controller Ira Reiner 185,328 (nominated) / Robert C. Cline 82,153 (nominated) / Louis R. Nowell 38,959 / plus seven other candidates


1977–81 City Council

1st Bob Ronka 9,201 (nominated) / Jim Peterson 5,098 (nominated) / Howard Finn 3,406 / plus eleven other candidates 3rd Joy Picus 17,465 (nominated) / Donald D. Lorenzen 15,722 (nominated) / Moore 3,565 / plus three other candidates 5th Zev Yaroslavsky 39,034 (reelected) / Milrad 3,613 7th Ernani Bernardi 22,205 (reelected) / Unjian 8,212 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 19,696 (reelected) / Hinkle 2,201 / plus four other candidates 11th Marvin Braude 28,416 (reelected) / Pye 10,114 / Crossley 5,534 (One precinct missing) 13th Peggy Stevenson 24,929 (reelected) 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 10,269 (nominated) / Stanbery 4,335 (nominated) / Pescetti 2,559 / plus two other candidates


1977 final


1977–81 citywide

City controller Ira Reiner 195,552 (elected) / 123,929


1977–81 City Council

1st Bob Ronka 12.333 (elected) / Jim Peterson 7,684 3rd Joy Picus 19,598 (elected) / Donald D. Lorenzen 14,456 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 12.861 (reelected) / Stanbery 6.866


1979


1979 primary


1979–83 City Council

Full returns unavailable. 2nd Joel Wachs (elected) / Joseph J. Micciche / Morton J. Allen 4th John Ferraro (elected with 84%) 6th Pat Russell 7,659 (elected) / Frank Overfelt 3,587 / plus three other candidates 8th Robert Farrell (elected with 77%) 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. 9,116 (elected) / Nate Holden 7,505 12th Barbara Klein 7,129 (nominated) / Hal Bernson 6,700 (nominated) / plus fourteen other candidates 14th Arthur K. Snyder (elected) / unopposed


1979 final


1979–83 City Council

12th Hal Bernson 24,825 (elected) / Barbara Klein 12,415


1981


1981 primary

A few precincts missing.


1981–85 Citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 279,501 (elected) / Sam Yorty 142,204 / Fischer 2,344 / plus sixteen others City attorney Ira Reiner 216,366 (nominated) / Bob Ronka 137,254 (nominated) / Zinger 73,714 / Drabin 7,770 City controller James Hahn 164,937 (nominated) / Weeks 75,146 (nominated) / Travis 61,500 / plus five other candidates


1981–85 City Council

1st Jim Keysor 8,214 (nominated) / Howard Finn 4,801 (nominated) / Hayes 3,451 / plus six other candidates 3rd Joy Picus 21,241 (reelected) / Vanderbok 10,543 5th Zev Yaroslavsky 34,651 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th Ernani Bernardi 22,320 (reelected) / Goldener 5,245 / Mulman 1,878 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 18,510 (reelected) / Barnett 1,453 / Hinkle 1,320 / Bates 878 11th Marvin Braude 27,469 (reelected) / Stout 6,230 / plus three other candidates 13th Peggy Stevenson 12,145 (nominated) / Michael Woo 11,770 (nominated) / Amador 2,049 / White 1,911 15th Joan Milke Flores 8,046 (nominated) / Greenwood 4,786 (nominated) / Stanbery 2,005 / plus nine others


1981 final


1981–85 citywide

City attorney Ira Reiner 231,540 (elected) / Bob Ronka 133,205 City controller James Hahn 194,226 (elected) / Weeks 162,619


1981–85 City Council

1st Howard Finn 12,847 (elected) / Jim Keysor 11,151 13th Peggy Stevenson 20,162 (reelected) / Michael Woo 13,018 15th Joan Milke Flores 10,205 (elected) / Greenwood 9,943


1983


1983 primary


1983–7 City Council

2nd Joel Wachs 17,518 (reelected) / Hays 2,219 / Paterson 1,322 / plus three others 4th John Ferraro 12,705 (reelected) / Ghandi 1,016 / Garza 907 6th Pat Russell 14,390 (reelected) / Simpson 6,423 / Stowe 3,290 8th Robert C. Farrell 12,791 (reelected) / Hale 2,780 / Walton-James 1,479 / plus two others 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. 13,406 (reelected) / Wertz 2,084 12th Hal Bernson 15,647 (reelected) / Sherman 8,704 14th Art Snyder 10,497 (reelected) / Rodriguez 8,952 / Schaefer 643 / plus three others


1983 final

No final. All incumbents were reelected in the primary.


1985


1985 primary


1985–89 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 220,055 (reelected) / John Ferraro 98,163 / Eileen Anderson 1,293 / and six others City attorney James Kenneth Hahn 167,797 (elected) / Lisa Specht 130,843 / Murray Kane 9,429 / plus two others City controller Dan Shapiro 99,677 (nominated) / Rick Tuttle 86,939 (nominated) / Alice Travis 65,032 / Celes King III 28,003


1985–89 City Council

1st Howard Finn 12,398 (reelected) / Elton Michael 3,170 / Noel S. Horwin 1,869 / Louis Cichelli 341 3rd Joy Picus 15,513 (reelected) / Jeanne Nemo 5,525 / Matt Lynch 3,195 / plus three others 5th Zev Yaroslavsky 24,597 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th Ernani Bernardi 13,602 (reelected) / Pat Goldener 1,057 / Marty Israel 900 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 16,086 (reelected) / Donald L. Barnett 2,814 11th Marvin Braude 23,392 (reelected) / Unopposed 13th Peggy Stevenson 8,690 (nominated) / Mike Woo 7,188 (nominated) / Michael Linfield 2,791 / plus three others 15th Joan Milke Flores 17,044 (reelected) / Unopposed


1985 final


1985–89 citywide

Controller Rick Tuttle 146,077 (elected) / Dan Shapiro 124,966


1985–89 City Council

13th Mike Woo 16,417 (elected) / Peggy Stevenson


1985 special


1985–89 City Council

14th Richard Alatorre 11,928 (elected) / Steve Rodriguez, 3,199 / Gilbert Avila 2,376 / and four others


1987


1987 primary


1987–91 City Council

2nd Joel Wachs 9,327 (reelected) / Jerry Allan Hays 4,214 / Georgetta Wilmuth 431 / Jack E. Davis 399 4th John Ferraro 10,775 (reelected) / Sal Genovese 2,391 6th Pat Russell 10,697 (nominated) / Ruth Galanter 7,435 (nominated) / Patrick McCartney 4,245 / plus three others 8th Robert C. Farrell 8,347 (reelected) / Tony Parent 3,013 / plus four others 10th Nate Holden 4,366 (nominated) / Homer Broome, Jr. 3,257 (nominated) / Myrilie Evers 2,601 plus ten others 12th Hal Bernson 11,763 (reelected) / Richard K. Williams II 2,963 14th Richard Alatorre 6,626 (reelected) / Rex Guttierez 3,188 / Loren Leonard Lutz 1,213


1987 final


1987–91 City Council

6th Ruth Galanter 21,846 (elected) / Pat Russell 15,855 10th Nate Holden 10,594 (elected) / Home Broome, Jr. 5,490


1989


1989 primary

Not available


1989–93 citywide

Not available.


1989–93 City Council

Not available.


1989 final


1989–93 City Council

7th Ernani Bernardi 8,826 (elected) / Lyle Hall 7,168


1991


1991 primary


1991–95 City Council

4th John Ferraro 10,115 (reelected) / Unopposed 6th Ruth Galanter 11,904 (nominated) / Mary Lee Gray (nominated) 4,929 / Salvatore Grammatico 3,746 /
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2,189 / and three others 10th Nate Holden 9,255 (elected) / Esther M. Lofton 3,602


1991 final


1991–95 City Council

1st Mike Hernandez 3,362 (nominated) / Sharon Mee Yung Lowe 1,726 (nominated) / Sandra L. Figueroa 1,408 / and three others 6th Ruth Galanter 18,153 (reelected) / Mary Lee Gray 7,998 8th Mark Ridley-Thomas 8,595 (elected) / Roderick Wright 8,173 9th Rita D, Walters 6,251 (elected) / Bob Gay 6,175 12th Hal Bernson 17,705 (reelected) / Julianna Korenstein 16,844


1993


1993 primary

Not available.


1993 final


1993–97 citywide

Mayor Richard J. Riordan 302,786 (elected) / Michael Woo 259,820


1993–97 City Council

3rd Laura Newman Chick 29,092 (elected) / Joy Picus 20,619 7th Richard Anthony Alarcon 9,057 (elected) / Lyle E. Hall 8,893 13th Jackie Goldberg 11,753 (elected) / Tom LaBonge 11,073 15th Rudy Svorinich 14,011 (elected) / Joan Milke Flores 14,011


1995


1995 primary

Not available.


1995 final

Not available.


1997


1997 primary


1997–2001 citywide

Mayor Richard J. Riordan 250,771 (reelected) / Tom Hayden 140,648 / Leonard Shapiro 5,454 / plus two others City attorney James Kenneth Hahn 238,313 (elected) / Ted Stein 146,651 City controller Rick Tuttle 259,016 (reelected) / Virginia Garza 66,178 / Michael D. Margolin 39,768


1997–2001 City Council

1st Mike Hernandez 7,543 (reelected) / Rose Marie Lopez 5,313 3rd Laura Chick 28,564 (reelected) / Mort Diamond 6,581 5th Mike Feuer 35,683 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th Richard Alarcon 12,460 (reelected) / Ollie McCauley (write-in) 196 9th Gilbert W. Lindsay 18,510 (reelected) / Barnett 1,453 / Hinkle 1,320 / Bates 878 11th Georgia Mercer 17,423 (nominated) / Cindy Miscikowski (nominated) 16,530 / Mark Isler 5,537 / Doug Friedman 2,898 13th Jackie Goldberg 13,823 (reelected) / Unopposed 15th Rudy Svorinich, Jr. 13,741 / Diana Ellizabeth Contreras 6,375 / Dennis Kortheuer 2,510


1997 final


1997–2001 City Council

11th Cindy Miscikowski 13,755 (elected) / Georgia Mercer 12,321


1999–2009

Election returns from the city archives


2011


2011 primary

Los Angeles city clerk results
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2011–15 City Council

2nd Paul Krekorian 12,692 (reelected) / Augusto Bisani 4,109 4th Tom Labonge 10,629 (reelected) / Tomås O'Grady 6,088 / Stephen Box 2,778 6th Tony Cardenas 4,788 (reelected) / Rich Goodman 1,539 / James (Jamie) Cordaro 1,238 / David Barron 734 8th Bernard C. Parks 9,482 (reelected) / Forescee Hogan-Rowles 8,058 / Jabari S. Jumaane 975 10th Herb J. Wesson, Jr. 9,744 (reelected) / Andrew (Andy) Kim 1,480 / Althea Rae Shaw 668 / plus three others 12th Mitchell Englander 13,751 (elected) / Brad Smith 5,917 / Navraj (Singh) Singh 1,430 / plus three others 14th José Huizar 10,945 (reelected) / Rudy Martinez 6,310


2011 final

No runoff. All candidates were elected in the primary.


Mayoral runoff races

If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election, the top two finishers meet in a runoff two months later. The table below refers to the runoff races over the years. *Note: In the 1932 recall election William G. Bonelli received 74,917 votes. *Note: The 1941 election results represent 1,750 out of 2,753 precincts reporting, but Cunningham conceded at that point


See also

* History of Los Angeles *
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* Los Angeles City Council presidents


References


Lists of Los Angeles public officials

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