[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/1969-los-angeles-mayoral-election\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/1969-los-angeles-mayoral-election\/","headline":"1969 Los Angeles mayoral election","name":"1969 Los Angeles mayoral election","description":"before-content-x4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia after-content-x4 Elections for mayor in 1969 resulted in a runoff 1969 Los Angeles mayoral","datePublished":"2021-05-03","dateModified":"2021-05-03","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:CentralAutoLogin\/start?type=1x1","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:CentralAutoLogin\/start?type=1x1","height":"1","width":"1"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/1969-los-angeles-mayoral-election\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":4457,"articleBody":"     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});before-content-x4From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Elections for mayor in 1969 resulted in a runoff1969 Los Angeles mayoral electionThe 1969 election for Mayor of Los Angeles 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.[1] 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.[2][3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates’ party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[4]Table of ContentsElection[edit]Results[edit]Primary election[edit]General election[edit]References and footnotes[edit]External links[edit]Election[edit]Yorty had been criticized by newspapers, mainly with the Los Angeles Times which had published an 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.[5] In the primary election, Bradley held a substantial lead over Yorty but did not win the race outright.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In 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.[6] To the surprise of many pollsters, Yorty won a majority of the vote and was re-elected as Mayor.[1] 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.[7] 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.[8]Results[edit]Primary election[edit]Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 1, 1969[9]CandidateVotes%Tom Bradley293,75341.80Sam Yorty (incumbent)183,33426.09Baxter Ward116,55516.59Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.99,17214.11Robert M. Wilkinson2,6820.38Eileen Anderson1,6000.23Robert K. Steinberg1,5740.22Saxon Cameron Elliott1,1600.17Jack Rourke7600.11Fred W. Kline7180.10Arthur Whizin6590.09William E. Hathaway3750.05Don Federick2770.04Lawrence M. Schulner1690.02Total votes702,788 100.00 General election[edit]Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 27, 1969[10]CandidateVotes%Sam Yorty (incumbent)447,03053.26Tom Bradley392,37946.74Total votes839,409 100.00 References and footnotes[edit]^ a b “Yorty upsets pollsters, elected for 3rd term Edges Bradley by 55,000 vote margin”. Belvedere Citizen. May 29, 1969.^ “Bradley hits introduction of race issue”. Highland Park News. May 18, 1969.^ Sonenshein, Raphael J. (1993). Politics in Black and White. Princeton University Press.^ “LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT” (PDF). League of Women Voters.^ “Wilkinson Urges Clean Slate for City,” Los Angeles Times, March 8, 1969, page 16^ “Yorty in big blast at Bradley”. Highland Park News. April 3, 1969.^ Yu, Elly (November 21, 2022). “LA’s Contentious 2022 Election Now Has Highest Number Of Votes Ever Cast For Mayor”. 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.^ “Yorty, Bradley spent $2 million in campaign”. Belvedere Citizen. July 17, 1969.^ “Los Angeles Mayor – Primary”. Our Campaigns.^ “Los Angeles Mayor”. Our Campaigns.External links[edit]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/1969-los-angeles-mayoral-election\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"1969 Los Angeles mayoral election"}}]}]