Fletcher Bowron Fletcher Bowron Mayoral elections: Mayoral elections: Mayoral elections: Mayoral elections: Mayoral elections: Mayoral elections: The 1945 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 3, 1945.
Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was re-elected outright with minimal opposition.
[1][2] The candidates challenging Bowron included restaurateur Clifford Clinton, city councilmember Ira J. McDonald, and former State Assemblymember Sam Yorty.
[3] Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.
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