1937 New York City mayoral election

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Candidate Fiorello La Guardia Jeremiah T. Mahoney Party Republican Democratic Alliance American Labor City Fusion Ind. Progressive Trades Union Anti-Communist Popular vote 1,344,630 890,756 Percentage 60.1% 39.8%

Borough results LaGuardia:     50–60%     60–70%

Mayor before election Fiorello La Guardia Republican Elected mayor Fiorello La Guardia Republican

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The1937 New York City mayoral election took place on November 2, 1937, in New York City. Incumbent MayorFiorello La Guardia, the Republican candidate, was reelected with 60.09% of the vote, defeating the Democratic candidateJeremiah T. Mahoney, a lawyer and former New York Supreme Court justice, as well as other, third-party candidates.^[1] La Guardia was also the nominee of theAmerican Labor Party, and additionally ran on the City Fusion and Independent Progressive ballot lines, while Mahoney ran on the Trade Union and Anti-Communist party lines.^[2]

Primaries were held on Thursday, September 16. U.S. SenatorRoyal S. Copeland ran in both the Republican and Democratic primaries as a critic of theNew Deal with the support ofTammany Hall, but lost both to New Deal supporters La Guardia and Mahoney, respectively.

This is to date the last time a Republican mayoral candidate carried all five city boroughs.

• Royal S. Copeland, United States Senator from New York since 1923 (also running as Democrat)
• Fiorello La Guardia, incumbent mayor since 1934

• Thomas J. Curran, Minorty Leader of the Board of Aldermen^[3]

• Royal S. Copeland, United States Senator from New York since 1923 (also running as Republican)
• Jeremiah T. Mahoney, president of theAmateur Athletic Union and formerNew York Supreme Court judge
• Fiorello La Guardia, incumbent Republican mayor since 1934 (write-in)

• Samuel Levy,Manhattan Borough President^[5] (endorsed Copeland, ran forCity Council President)
• Grover A. Whalen, president of theNew York World's Fair Corporation and formerNew York City Police Commissioner^[5] (endorsed Mahoney^[6])

• John P. O'Brien, former mayor^[3]
• Jimmy Walker, former mayor^[3]

• Fiorello La Guardia, incumbent mayor since 1934 (Republican, City Fusion, American Labor and Independent Progressive)
• Jeremiah T. Mahoney, president of the Amateur Athletic Union and former New York Supreme Court judge (Democratic, Anti-Communist and Trade Union)

1937 New York City mayoral election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Fiorello La Guardia (incumbent)	672,823	30.12%	9.45
	American Labor	Fiorello La Guardia (incumbent)	482,459	21.60%	N/A
	City Fusion	Fiorello La Guardia (incumbent)	159,895	7.16%	12.44
	Ind. Progressive	Fiorello La Guardia (incumbent)	28,839	1.27%	N/A
	Total	Fiorello La Guardia (incumbent)	1,344,016	60.17%	19.79
	Democratic	Jeremiah T. Mahoney	875,942	39.22%	12.95
	Trades Union	Jeremiah T. Mahoney	7,163	0.32%	N/A
	Anti-Communist	Jeremiah T. Mahoney	6,486	0.29%	N/A
	Total	Jeremiah T. Mahoney	889,591	39.83%	N/A
Total votes			2,233,607	100.00%

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