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The 1981 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 7, 1981. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected.
The Mayor of the City of Los Angeles is the official head and chief executive officer of Los Angeles, California, United States. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the Constitution of California, all judicial, school, county and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. Eric Garcetti has been the city's 42nd and current mayor since 2013.
Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in California, the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the third most populous city in North America. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. The city is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast of North America.
Thomas J. Bradley was an American politician and former police officer who served as the 38th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. He has been the only African American Mayor of Los Angeles, and his 20 years in office mark the longest tenure by any mayor in the city's history; barring any change to the City Charter, no other future mayor of Los Angeles will serve longer than Bradley. His 1973 election made him the second African-American mayor of a major U.S. city. Bradley retired in 1993, after his approval ratings began dropping subsequent to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Bradley unsuccessfully ran for Governor of California in 1982 and 1986 and was defeated each time by the Republican George Deukmejian. The racial dynamics that appeared to underlie his narrow and unexpected loss in 1982 gave rise to the political term "the Bradley effect." In 1985, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Tom Bradley | 293,501 | 63.84% | +4.43% | |
Republican | Sam Yorty | 148,193 | 32.23% | ||
Independent | Robert S. Fischer, Jr. | 2,464 | 0.54% | ||
Independent | John Anthony Zrynyi | 2,055 | 0.45% | ||
Libertarian | Zack Richardson | 1,835 | 0.40% | ||
Democratic | Eileen Anderson | 1,822 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Sally Acosta | 1,464 | 0.32% | ||
Independent | Jim Little | 1,056 | 0.23% | ||
Republican | James A. Ware | 1,050 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | Max Odrezin | 969 | 0.21% | ||
Independent | Arnold B. Luster | 966 | 0.21% | ||
Independent | Robert Deutsch | 738 | 0.16% | ||
Independent | Tangela Masson Tricoli | 704 | 0.15% | ||
Independent | Mort Allen | 667 | 0.15% | ||
Libertarian | Earl Smith | 625 | 0.14% | ||
Independent | Henry V. Seyfried | 457 | 0.10% | ||
Republican | Michael A. Hirt | 455 | 0.10% | -0.10% | |
Independent | Daniel Webster Henderson, Jr. | 392 | 0.09% | ||
Independent | Douglas Carlton | 368 | 0.08% | ||
Total votes | 459,781 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
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