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1953 Los Angeles mayoral election

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Field	Value
election_name	1953 Los Angeles mayoral election
country	Los Angeles
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1949 Los Angeles mayoral election
previous_year	1949
next_election	1957 Los Angeles mayoral election
next_year	1957
election_date	and
1blank	First round vote
2blank	First round percentage
3blank	Runoff vote
4blank	Runoff percentage
image1	NorrisPoulson.jpg
color1	c0c0c0
candidate1	Norris Poulson
1data1	**212,668
44.06%**
2data1	**287,619
53.23%**
image2	Fletcher Bowron, 1953 (cropped).jpg
color2	c0c0c0
candidate2	Fletcher Bowron
1data2	**179,205
37.13%**
2data2	252,721
46.77%
image3	Lloyd Aldrich, 1933.jpg
color3	c0c0c0
candidate3	Lloyd Aldrich
1data3	70,823
14.67%
2data3	Eliminated
title	Mayor
before_election	Fletcher Bowron
after_election	Norris Poulson

44.06%** 53.23%** 37.13%** 46.77% 14.67% The 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 7, 1953, with a run-off election on May 26, 1953. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was defeated by Norris Poulson, a U.S. Representative.

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

Election

Bowron had been the subject of various failed recall elections against him, including one in 1950 that said that Bowron was "guilty of 'false' representations or was 'grossly negligent' in his assurances [...] that he had rid the city of official corruption and organized crime." Along with Poulson, three other candidates joined to challenge Bowron, including Lloyd Aldrich who failed to win the runoff against Bowron in the previous election. In the primary, Poulson and Bowron advanced to the runoff election, with Poulson gaining more votes than Bowron.

In the runoff election, Poulson defeated Bowron to become Mayor, ending Bowron's tenure of fourteen years.

Results

Primary election

General election

References and footnotes

References

"LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT".
(January 6, 1950). "Citizens Seek Bowron Recall".
(February 20, 1953). "Five well-known citizens in L. A. race for mayor; Bowron, Poulson, Aldrich, Burke and Mrs. Weiss".
(April 8, 1953). "L A. Mayoralty Race To Run-Off".
(May 27, 1953). "Poulson Wins L. A. Mayoralty".
Soibelman, Daivd. (July 1, 1953). "'IVE GIVEN THE JOB MY BEST' – BOWRON".
"Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
"Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.

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