Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]
With the retirement of incumbent George Alexander, the seat was now open. Los Angeles City AttorneyJohn W. Shenk, previous election candidate Job Harriman, and police judge Henry H. Rose ran in the primary. Shenk, Good Government Organization politician, was nominated and endorsed by the Municipal Conference while Harriman was again nominated by the Socialist Party.[3] In the primary election, Harriman was eliminated when Independent politician Henry H. Rose led him by a small margin, meaning he would face Shenk in the general election.[4][5]
In the runoff, many African-American newspapers urged the election of Rose due to Shenk's decision against C. W. Holden that caused discrimination against African-Americans.[6] In the runoff, Rose won against Shenk at a time where African-Americans represented about fifteen thousand votes.[1]
Results
Primary election
Los Angeles mayoral primary election, May 6, 1913[7]
1913, angeles, mayoral, election, took, place, 1913, with, election, june, 1913, george, alexander, retired, from, police, judge, henry, rose, elected, over, angeles, city, attorney, john, shenk, 1911, 1913, 1913, june, 1913, 1913, 1915, candidate, henry, rose. The 1913 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on May 6 1913 with a run off election on June 3 1913 George Alexander had retired from the job and police judge Henry H Rose was elected over Los Angeles City Attorney John W Shenk 1 1913 Los Angeles mayoral election 1911 May 6 1913 1913 05 06 and June 3 1913 1913 06 03 1915 Candidate Henry H Rose John W Shenk Job Harriman First round 22 04228 01 35 39544 98 20 50826 06 Runoff 46 04554 72 38 10945 29 EliminatedMayor before election George Alexander Elected Mayor Henry H Rose Municipal elections in California including Mayor of Los Angeles are officially nonpartisan candidates party affiliations do not appear on the ballot 2 Contents 1 Election 2 Results 2 1 Primary election 2 2 General election 3 References and footnotes 4 External linksElectionWith the retirement of incumbent George Alexander the seat was now open Los Angeles City Attorney John W Shenk previous election candidate Job Harriman and police judge Henry H Rose ran in the primary Shenk Good Government Organization politician was nominated and endorsed by the Municipal Conference while Harriman was again nominated by the Socialist Party 3 In the primary election Harriman was eliminated when Independent politician Henry H Rose led him by a small margin meaning he would face Shenk in the general election 4 5 In the runoff many African American newspapers urged the election of Rose due to Shenk s decision against C W Holden that caused discrimination against African Americans 6 In the runoff Rose won against Shenk at a time where African Americans represented about fifteen thousand votes 1 ResultsPrimary election Los Angeles mayoral primary election May 6 1913 7 Candidate Votes John W Shenk 35 395 44 98 Henry H Rose 22 042 28 01 Job Harriman 20 508 26 06 Henry Clay Needham 564 0 72 James O Becker 184 0 23 Total votes 78 693 100 00 General election Los Angeles mayoral general election June 3 1913 8 Candidate Votes Henry H Rose 46 045 54 72 John W Shenk 38 109 45 29 Total votes 84 154 100 00References and footnotes a b MAYOR ELECT ROSE TAKES OATH OF L A OFFICE Sacramento Daily Union June 20 1913 LOS ANGELES STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT PDF League of Women Voters SHENK IS NOMINATED FOR MAYOR IN LOS ANGELES The Sacramento Union April 3 1913 Job Harriman Is Eliminated By Associated Press Hanford Journal May 7 1913 CLAIM 11 001 VOTES LINED OP FOR SHENK Municipal Conference Will Continue Spirited Campaign Until Election Day Los Angeles Herald May 21 1913 Edmonds Jefferson ed April 4 1913 Shenk for Mayor Wait The Liberator Vol 12 no 1 Los Angeles CA p 2 OCLC 12031126 Los Angeles Mayor Primary Our Campaigns Los Angeles Mayor Our Campaigns External linksOffice of the City Clerk City of Los Angeles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1913 Los Angeles mayoral election amp oldid 1216539299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
