| Election Name: | 1941 Los Angeles mayoral election |
| Country: | Los Angeles |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1938 Los Angeles mayoral recall election |
| Previous Year: | 1938 (recall) |
| Next Election: | 1945 Los Angeles mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1945 |
| Election Date: | and |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Image1: | Fletcher Bowron at Nisei Week 1940 (cropped).jpg |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate1: | Fletcher Bowron |
| 1Data1: | 146,405 48.84% |
| 2Data1: | 181,582 54.90% |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate2: | Stephen W. Cunningham |
| 1Data2: | 57,109 19.05% |
| 2Data2: | 149,195 45.10% |
| Image3: | Charles Kramer, 1934.jpg |
| Color3: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate3: | Charles Kramer |
| 1Data3: | 30,643 10.22% |
| 2Data3: | Eliminated |
| Image4: | John C. Porter, 1933.jpg |
| Color4: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate4: | John C. Porter |
| 1Data4: | 28,712 9.58% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Image5: | Frank L. Shaw at the Los Angeles County Grand Jury (cropped).jpg |
| Color5: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate5: | Frank L. Shaw |
| 1Data5: | 24,382 8.13% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Fletcher Bowron |
| After Election: | Fletcher Bowron |
The 1941 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 1, 1941, with a run-off election on May 6, 1941. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected in the runoff election, defeating councilmember Stephen W. Cunningham.
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[1]
After being elected in the 1938 recall, Bowron was now seeking a second term in office, with it being his first full term. He was challenged by city councilmember Stephen W. Cunningham, U.S. Representative Charles Kramer, and former Mayors John C. Porter and Frank L. Shaw.[2] Thomas F. Ford, another U.S. Representative, had previously filed to run before withdrawing.[3] In the primary, Bowron and Cunningham advanced to the general election, with Bowron taking most of the votes.[4] [5]
In the runoff election, American attorney Greg Bautzer urged the election of Cunningham against Bowron.[6] Bowron won the runoff with a majority of the vote.[7]