1981 Los Angeles mayoral election
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| ← 1977 | April 7, 1981 (1981-04-07) | 1985 → |
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| |  |  | | Candidate | Tom Bradley | Sam Yorty | | Popular vote | 293,501 | 148,193 | | Percentage | 63.84% | 32.23% | |
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Tom Bradley
| Elected Mayor
Tom Bradley
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The 1981 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 7, 1981. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected over former Mayor Sam Yorty. The election was a third rematch between Bradley and Yorty, the other two being in 1969 and 1973.[1] It would be the last time a Mayor would be elected to a third term, as voters amended the city charter in 1993 to implement a two-term limit for the office of Mayor.[2]
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]
Election
Yorty had been a last-minute challenger, saying that he had been urged to run after LAPD Chief Daryl Gates announced that he would not challenge Bradley.[3][4] Yorty said that he "sees the crime issue as the key to the contest" and was seen as injecting racism into the race by saying to a group of businessmen that "black people are really racist. They vote for black people because they're black."[5][6] Bradley defeated Yorty and the other candidates in a landslide, with some calling the election a "lackluster affair."[7][8]
Results
Los Angeles mayoral general election, April 7, 1981[9] | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tom Bradley (incumbent) | 293,501 | 63.84 |
| Sam Yorty | 148,193 | 32.23 |
| Robert S. Fischer Jr. | 2,464 | 0.54 |
| John Anthony Zrynyi | 2,055 | 0.45 |
| Zack Richardson | 1,835 | 0.40 |
| Eileen Anderson | 1,822 | 0.40 |
| Sally Acosta | 1,464 | 0.32 |
| Jim Little | 1,056 | 0.23 |
| James A. Ware | 1,050 | 0.23 |
| Max Odrezin | 969 | 0.21 |
| Arnold B. Luster | 966 | 0.21 |
| Robert Deutsch | 738 | 0.16 |
| Tangela Masson Tricoli | 704 | 0.15 |
| Mort Allen | 667 | 0.15 |
| Earl Smith | 625 | 0.14 |
| Henry V. Seyfried | 457 | 0.10 |
| Michael A. Hirt | 455 | 0.10 |
| Daniel Webster Henderson Jr. | 392 | 0.09 |
| Douglas Carlton | 368 | 0.08 |
| Total votes | 459,781 | 100.00 |
References and footnotes
External links
- Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles
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