1977 Cleveland mayoral election

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1977 Cleveland mayoral election
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  1975 November 8, 1977 1978 (recall)  
  Dennis Kucinich 105th Congress 1997 (1).jpg Ed Feighan 99th Congress 1985 (1).jpg
Candidate Dennis Kucinich Ed Feighan
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote93,04790,074
Percentage50.81%49.19%

Mayor before election

Ralph Perk
Republican

Elected Mayor

Dennis Kucinich
Democratic

The 1977 Cleveland mayoral election took place on November 8, 1977, to elect the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The election was won by Dennis Kucinich. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the October 4 primary advancing to the general election.

Contents

In an upset defeat, incumbent mayor Ralph Perk failed to advance past the primary.

Kucinich, at 31 years of age, became the youngest mayor of a major United States city. [1]

Candidates

Primary election

Primary election results [2]
CandidateVotes %
Dennis Kucinich 40,00334.09%
Ed Feighan 39,72433.85%
Ralph Perk (incumbent)36,38931.01%
Aylson Kennedy1,2251.04%
Total votes117,341

General election

Cleveland mayoral election, 1977 [3]
CandidateVotes %
Dennis Kucinich 93,04750.81%
Ed Feighan 90,07449.19%
Total votes183,121

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References

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