| Election Name: | 1949 Los Angeles mayoral election |
| Country: | Los Angeles |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 Los Angeles mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Next Election: | 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1953 |
| Election Date: | and |
| 1Blank: | First round |
| 2Blank: | Runoff |
| Image1: | FletcherBowron (cropped).jpg |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate1: | Fletcher Bowron |
| 1Data1: | 179,929 44.99% |
| 2Data1: | 238,190 53.48% |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate2: | Lloyd Aldrich |
| 1Data2: | 87,766 21.95% |
| 2Data2: | 207,211 46.52% |
| Image4: | Ellis E. Patterson (1).jpg |
| Color4: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate4: | Ellis E. Patterson |
| 1Data4: | 57,286 14.33% |
| 2Data4: | Eliminated |
| Image5: | Jack Tenney, circa 1947.jpg |
| Color5: | c0c0c0 |
| Candidate5: | Jack Tenney |
| 1Data5: | 48,162 12.04% |
| 2Data5: | Eliminated |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Fletcher Bowron |
| After Election: | Fletcher Bowron |
The 1949 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 5, 1949, with a run-off election on May 31, 1949. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected.[1]
Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]
Bowron announced his candidacy for a fourth full term in office, with State Senator Jack Tenney, City Engineer Lloyd Aldrich, and Board of Education member Olin Darby also announcing their intentions to run against Bowron.[3] In the primary, Bowron and Aldritch advanced to the general runoff election.[4] Tenney, the head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, was opposed by the AFL Central Labor Council and came in third.[5] In the runoff election, Bowron defeated Aldritch by a smaller margin, with Bowron calling the election the "dirtiest in [his] experience," due to him and Aldrich being political enemies.[6]