Los Angeles Mayoral runoff races

Los Angeles conducts its Mayoral races via the top-2-runoff system. Plain plurality voting is used, but a second round ("runoff") election is held (a couple months later) between the top two finishers in the first round if nobody got over 50%. [The party affiliation, if any, in the table references the incumbent's voter registration, as party affiliation is not identified on ballots. Winners in bold.]

Year Result
2009 Runoff election canceled, as Antonio Villaraigosa received more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
2005 Antonio Villaraigosa 289,116 James K. Hahn 203,968
2001 James K. Hahn 304,791 Antonio Villaraigosa 264,611
1997 Richard Riordan 250,771 Tom Hayden 140,648
1993 Richard Riordan 314,559 Michael Woo 268,137
1989 Runoff election canceled, as Tom Bradley received more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
1985 Thomas Bradley 313,318 John Ferraro 141,499
1981 Thomas Bradley 293,138 Samuel Yorty 148,193
1977 Thomas Bradley 288,636 "Alan Robbins 136,515
1973 Thomas Bradley 433,473 Samuel Yorty 335,857
1969 Sam Yorty 449,572 Thomas Bradley 394,364
1965 Sam Yorty 395,208 James Roosevelt 249,099
1961 Sam Yorty 276,106 Norris Poulson 260,381
1957 Norris Poulson 314,910 Robert Yeakel 142,094
1953 Norris Poulson 290,239 Fletcher Bowron 254,114
1949 Fletcher Bowron 238,190 Lloyd Aldrich 207,211
1941 Fletcher Bowron 112,556 Stephen W. Cunningham 90,597
(The 1941 vote counts are with only 1750 out of 2753 precincts reporting, whereupon Cunningham conceded.)
1938 Fletcher Bowron 232,686 Frank L. Shaw 122,198
1932
(recall)
John Clinton Porter 180,546 Charles W. Dempster 102,815 William E. Bonelli 74,917
1929 John C. Porter William E. Bonelli
1911 George Alexander Good Government Nominee Job Harriman Socialist
1909
(recall)
George Alexander 14,043 Fred C. Wheeler 12,341 Socialist
1872 J. R. Toberman 715 Christobal Aguilar 350
1870 Cristobal Aguilar 436 Andrew Glassell 428

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