1989 Los Angeles mayoral election

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1989 Los Angeles mayoral election
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April 11, 1989 (1989-04-11)
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Candidate Tom Bradley Nate Holden Baxter Ward
Popular vote165,59989,18448,923
Percentage51.90%27.95%15.33%
Mayor before election

Tom Bradley

Elected Mayor

Tom Bradley

The 1989 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 11, 1989. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected over ten candidates in the primary election. It would be the last time Bradley ran for mayor, as he chose to retire after his fifth term. [1]

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Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. [2]

Election

Bradley, now in his fourth term, was slowly declining in popularity during his term due to traffic congestion, air pollution, and commercial development threatening residential neighborhoods in the city. [3] He had also run in the 1986 California gubernatorial election, which he lost again to Republican George Deukmejian in a landslide. [4] Despite this, Bradley announced that he would be running for a fifth term. [5] [6] He faced minimal opposition at the start, with councilman Zev Yaroslavsky declining to run because of a private poll that had Bradley in the lead. [7] Bradley was widely expected to easily win re-election. [8] Councilman Nate Holden and former supervisor Baxter Ward filed late into the filing period, giving Bradley two challengers. [9] Holden, who was a newcomer in the City Council, was able to drive up some votes, and in the primary election gained one-third of the vote. [10]

Results

Los Angeles mayoral general election, April 11, 1989 [11]
CandidateVotes%
Tom Bradley (incumbent)165,59951.90
Nate Holden 89,18427.95
Baxter Ward 48,92315.33
Raul Reyes3,9621.24
Maria Elizabeth Muñoz2,8430.89
Eileen Anderson2,7000.85%
Stewart Alexander 2,6910.84
Joel Britton1,3110.41
Khushro Ghandi1,2270.39
Leonard Miropol5010.16
Gary Passi1470.05
Total votes319,088 100.00

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ "Bradley calls it quits". Santa Cruz Sentinel . September 25, 1992.
  2. ↑ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters .
  3. ↑ "Angelenos applaud Mayor Bradley in poll". The Desert Sun . February 21, 1989.
  4. ↑ "Bradley ready to file for 5th term as mayor". The Desert Sun . January 11, 1989.
  5. ↑ "Beaming Tom Bradley starts bid for sth term". The Desert Sun . February 2, 1989.
  6. ↑ "Tom Bradley seeks fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel . April 9, 1989.
  7. ↑ "Bradley's popularity drives foe from race". The Desert Sun . January 7, 1989.
  8. ↑ "Bradley breezing to re-election". The Press Democrat . January 20, 1989.
  9. ↑ "LA's mayor picks up last-minute challenge". Santa Cruz Sentinel . January 15, 1989.
  10. ↑ "Bradley heads toward fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel . April 12, 1989.
  11. ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
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