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The1989 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 11, 1989. IncumbentTom 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]
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 the1986 California gubernatorial election, which he lost again to RepublicanGeorge 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 councilmanZev 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] CouncilmanNate Holden and former supervisorBaxter 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]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | |
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