1937 Los Angeles mayoral election

1937 Los Angeles mayoral election

← 1933 April 6, 1937 (1937-04-06) and May 4, 1937 (1937-05-04) 1938 (recall) →
 
Candidate Frank L. Shaw John Anson Ford
First round 104,481
42.57%
77,703
31.66%
Runoff 171,415
54.26%
144,522
45.74%

 
Candidate Gordon L. McDonough Carl B. Wirsching
First round 40,526
16.51%
15,764
6.42%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Frank L. Shaw

Elected Mayor

Frank L. Shaw

The 1937 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 6, 1937, with a runoff election on May 4, 1937. Incumbent Frank L. Shaw was reelected over Supervisor John Anson Ford in the runoff election.

Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[1]

  1. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.