1989 Los Angeles mayoral election

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1989 Los Angeles mayoral election
	April 11, 1989
Mayor before election; Tom Bradley;	Elected Mayor ; Tom Bradley;

The 1989 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 11, 1989. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected over ten candidates in the primary election. It would be the last time Bradley ran for mayor, as he chose to retire after his fifth term.^[1]

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

Election

Bradley, now in his fourth term, was slowly declining in popularity during his term due to traffic congestion, air pollution, and commercial development threatening residential neighborhoods in the city.^[3] He had also run in the 1986 California gubernatorial election, which he lost again to Republican George Deukmejian in a landslide.^[4] Despite this, Bradley announced that he would be running for a fifth term.^[5]^[6] He faced minimal opposition at the start, with councilman Zev Yaroslavsky declining to run because of a private poll that had Bradley in the lead.^[7] Bradley was widely expected to easily win re-election.^[8] Councilman Nate Holden and former supervisor Baxter Ward filed late into the filing period, giving Bradley two challengers.^[9] Holden, who was a newcomer in the City Council, was able to drive up some votes, and in the primary election gained one-third of the vote.^[10]

Results

Los Angeles mayoral general election, April 11, 1989^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Tom Bradley (incumbent)	165,599	51.90
Nate Holden	89,184	27.95
Baxter Ward	48,923	15.33
Raul Reyes	3,962	1.24
Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	2,843	0.89
Eileen Anderson	2,700	0.85%
Stewart Alexander	2,691	0.84
Joel Britton	1,311	0.41
Khushro Ghandi	1,227	0.39
Leonard Miropol	501	0.16
Gary Passi	147	0.05
Total votes	319,088	100.00

References and footnotes

^ "Bradley calls it quits". Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 25, 1992.
^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
^ "Angelenos applaud Mayor Bradley in poll". The Desert Sun. February 21, 1989.
^ "Bradley ready to file for 5th term as mayor". The Desert Sun. January 11, 1989.
^ "Beaming Tom Bradley starts bid for sth term". The Desert Sun. February 2, 1989.
^ "Tom Bradley seeks fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 9, 1989.
^ "Bradley's popularity drives foe from race". The Desert Sun. January 7, 1989.
^ "Bradley breezing to re-election". The Press Democrat. January 20, 1989.
^ "LA's mayor picks up last-minute challenge". Santa Cruz Sentinel. January 15, 1989.
^ "Bradley heads toward fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 12, 1989.
^ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.

External links

Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles

[1] "Bradley calls it quits". Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 25, 1992.

[nonpartisan-2] "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.

[3] "Angelenos applaud Mayor Bradley in poll". The Desert Sun. February 21, 1989.

[4] "Bradley ready to file for 5th term as mayor". The Desert Sun. January 11, 1989.

[5] "Beaming Tom Bradley starts bid for sth term". The Desert Sun. February 2, 1989.

[6] "Tom Bradley seeks fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 9, 1989.

[7] "Bradley's popularity drives foe from race". The Desert Sun. January 7, 1989.

[8] "Bradley breezing to re-election". The Press Democrat. January 20, 1989.

[9] "LA's mayor picks up last-minute challenge". Santa Cruz Sentinel. January 15, 1989.

[10] "Bradley heads toward fifth term as LA mayor". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 12, 1989.

[11] "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.

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