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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. [1]
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. [2]
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. [3] In the primary, Bowron and Aldritch advanced to the general runoff election. [4] Tenney, the head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, was opposed by the AFL Central Labor Council and came in third. [5] 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. [6]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | |
| Total votes | 399,903 | 100.00 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Fletcher Bowron (incumbent) | 238,190 | 53.48 | |
| Lloyd Aldrich | 207,211 | 46.52 | |
| Total votes | 445,401 | 100.00 | |
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