1929 New York City mayoral election

1929 New York City mayoral election
	Results by Assembly district; Walker: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Mayor before election; Jimmy Walker; Democratic	Elected mayor ; Jimmy Walker; Democratic

The 1929 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5 in concert with other municipal elections.^[1] Democratic incumbent Jimmy Walker defeated Republican challenger Fiorello H. La Guardia in what was considered "a Crushing Defeat to [the] City G.O.P. [delivered]" by Tammany Hall.^[2] Socialist candidate Norman Thomas also ran, as did Socialist Labor candidate Olive M. Johnson and former Police Commissioner Richard Edward Enright for the Square Deal Party.

^ McGoldrick, Joseph (1930). "The New York City Election of 1929". American Political Science Review. 24 (3): 688–690. doi:10.2307/1946937. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946937. S2CID 146912519.
^ "497,165 plurality hailed by Walker as a vindication". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 89, no. 308. November 6, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] McGoldrick, Joseph (1930). "The New York City Election of 1929". American Political Science Review. 24 (3): 688–690. doi:10.2307/1946937. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946937. S2CID 146912519.

[Analysis-2] "497,165 plurality hailed by Walker as a vindication". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 89, no. 308. November 6, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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