1973 Cleveland mayoral election explained

Election Name:	1973 Cleveland mayoral election
Country:	Cleveland
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Year:	1971
Next Year:	1975
Election Date:	November 6, 1973
Nominee1:	Ralph Perk
Party1:	Nonpartisan candidate
Popular Vote1:	90,350
Percentage1:	66.62%
Nominee2:	Mercedes Cotner
Party2:	Nonpartisan candidate
Popular Vote2:	45,267
Percentage2:	33.38%
Mayor
Before Election:	Ralph Perk
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Ralph Perk
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The Cleveland mayoral election of 1973 saw the reelection of Ralph Perk.

This was the first Cleveland mayoral election to use a nonpartisan system.^[1]

Primary election

Candidates

James M. Carney, businessman and 1971 Democratic Party nominee for mayor
Ralph Perk, incumbent mayor
Joseph Pirincin, 1971 Socialist Labor Party nominee for mayor^[2]
Robbie Scherr

Results

General election

On October 11, James M. Carney withdrew from the race, citing "personal" reasons.^[3] Carney's campaign committee selected then-City Council Clerk Mercedes R. Cotner to replace him on the ballot.^[4]

Results

Notes and References

Book: Swanstrom, Todd. The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism. 1985. Temple University Press. 9780877223665. Philadelphia. 273n.
Web site: 11 CANDIDATES VIE IN CLEVELAND RACE (Published 1971) . The New York Times . 9 October 2020 . 22 August 1971.
Web site: CANDIDATE QUITS CLEVELAND RACE (Published 1973) . The New York Times . 9 October 2020 . 13 October 1973.
Web site: CLEVELAND POLL FAVORS THE G.O.P (Published 1973) . The New York Times . 9 October 2020 . 4 November 1973.