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1945 Los Angeles mayoral election

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Field	Value
election_name	1945 Los Angeles mayoral election
country	Los Angeles
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1941 Los Angeles mayoral election
previous_year	1941
next_election	1949 Los Angeles mayoral election
next_year	1949
election_date
image1	Fletcher Bowron at Nisei Week 1940 (cropped).jpg
color1	c0c0c0
candidate1	Fletcher Bowron
popular_vote1	146,323
percentage1	53.91%
image2	Clifford Clinton, 1937.jpg
color2	c0c0c0
candidate2	Clifford Clinton
popular_vote2	51,071
percentage2	18.82%
image3	Los Angeles County Supervisor Roger W. Jessup, Los Angeles, 1932-1939.jpg
color3	c0c0c0
candidate3	Roger Jessup
popular_vote3	33,940
percentage3	12.50%
title	Mayor
before_election	Fletcher Bowron
after_election	Fletcher Bowron

The 1945 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 3, 1945. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected outright with minimal opposition. The candidates challenging Bowron included restaurateur Clifford Clinton, city councilmember Ira J. McDonald, and former State Assemblymember Sam Yorty.

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

Results

References and footnotes

References

(April 4, 1945). "LOS ANGELES VOTERS REELECT BOWRON MAYOR".
(April 4, 1945). "MOORE SWEEPS BACK INTO COUNCIL OFFICE Bowron Reelected in Primary".
(August 20, 1945). "Clinton Ready to Aid Harbor Probe".
"LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT".
"Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.

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