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1961 Los Angeles mayoral election

1961 Los Angeles mayoral election

← 1957 April 4, 1961 (1961-04-04) and May 31, 1961 (1961-05-31) 1965 →
 
Candidate Sam Yorty Norris Poulson Patrick D. McGee
First round 122,478
27.10%
179,273
39.67%
115,635
25.59%
Runoff 275,249
51.45%
259,760
48.55%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Norris Poulson

Elected Mayor

Sam Yorty

The 1961 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 4, 1961, with a runoff election on May 31, 1961. Incumbent Norris Poulson was defeated by Sam Yorty, a former U.S. Representative.[1]

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

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference beatspul was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.

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