1967 Cleveland mayoral election

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1967 Cleveland mayoral election
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  1965 November 7, 1967 1969  
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Nominee Carl Stokes Seth Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote129,318127,467
Percentage50.36%49.64%

Mayor before election

Ralph S. Locher
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Carl Stokes
Democratic

The Cleveland mayoral election of 1967 saw the election of Carl Stokes.

Contents

Stokes was the first elected African American mayor of a major American city (Cleveland was, at the time, the ninth largest city in the United States). [1] [2] His election came alongside the election of Richard G. Hatcher in the 1967 Gary, Indiana, mayoral election. Together, these were the first elections of African-Americans as mayors of cities over 100,000. [3] Stoke's election came in a city which was, at the time, 68% white. [2]

Nominations

Primaries were held on October 3. [4] [5]

Democratic primary

Stokes unseated incumbent mayor Ralph S. Locher in the Democratic Party primary.

1967 Cleveland mayoral Democratic primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carl Stokes 110,769 53.68%
Democratic Ralph S. Locher (incumbent)92,03344.60%
Democratic Frank P. Celeste3,5451.72%
Turnout 206,347

Republican primary

General election

1967 Cleveland mayoral election (general election) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carl Stokes 129,318 50.36%
Republican Seth Taft 127,46749.64%
Turnout 256,785

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