Ralph S. Locher Democratic Carl Stokes Democratic The Cleveland mayoral election of 1967 saw the election of Carl Stokes.

Stokes was the first elected African American mayor of a major American city (Cleveland was, at the time, the ninth largest city in the United States).

Together, these were the first elections of African-Americans as mayors of cities over 100,000.

[3] Stoke's election came in a city which was, at the time, 68% white.

[4][5] Stokes unseated incumbent mayor Ralph S. Locher in the Democratic Party primary.