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Bradley wins Los Angeles mayoral race without runoff
Tom Bradley secures a landslide 63.6 percent of the vote to 32.3 percent for former Mayor Sam Yorty as 99.2 percent counted, setting the highest mayoral vote percentage in LA. Bradley, 63, the city’s first Black mayor, avoids a runoff and signals possible run for governor.
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