The 1949 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 5, 1949, with a run-off election on May 31, 1949. Incumbent

Fletcher Bowron Fletcher Bowron (August 13, 1887 – September 11, 1968) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the 35th mayor of Los Angeles, California, from September 26, 1938, until June 30, 1953. He was at the time the city's longest-serving ...

was re-elected. Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

Election

Bowron announced his candidacy for a fourth full term in office, with

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, City Engineer

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, and Board of Education member Olin Darby also announcing their intentions to run against Bowron. In the primary, Bowron and Aldritch advanced to the general runoff election. Tenney, the head of the

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, was opposed by the AFL Central Labor Council and came in third. In the runoff election, Bowron defeated Aldritch by a smaller margin, with Bowron calling the election the "dirtiest in isexperience," due to him and Aldrich being political enemies.

Results

Primary election

General election

References and footnotes

External links

Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles
{{Los Angeles elections

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