The 1927 Los Angeles elections took place on
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Republicans kept their majority in the council, with Democrats losing two seats. Three independents were elected to the council: Ernest L. Webster, William M. Hughes, and E. Snapper Ingram, all of whom defeated incumbent councilmembers. The only Progressive in the city council, A. J. Barnes, was defeated in a recount while the only Prohibition, Charles Hiram Randall, was re-elected.
Democratic President of the Los Angeles City Council Boyle Workman lost re-election in the 4th district, and was replaced by newly-elected Republican William G. Bonelli.
District 1 edit
Charles Randall 4,691 (elected) / John E. Lambert 2,596 / Frank W. Berkshire 1,676 / Clara McDonald 233
District 2 edit
Arthur Alber 4,980 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 2,399 / J.F. Anderson 155
District 3 edit
Ernest L. Webster 1,734 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,089 (nominated) / John M. Pratt 805 / De Vier Ely 786 / J.C. Barthel 498 / Williams 432 / William Vinson McCoy 298 / E.W. McGill 175
Ernest L. Webster 9,608 (elected) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,386
District 4 edit
William M. Hughes 3,286 (elected) / Boyle Workman 2,883
District 5 edit
Virgil A. Martin 3,153 (nominated) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,214 (nominated) / Charles D. Strickler 1,571 / John Topham 1,362 / Alma Nordstrom 475 / Tupper S. Malone 342
Virgil A. Martin 7,843 (elected) / Robert Stewart Sparks 2,889
District 6 edit
Edward E. Moore 4,757 (nominated) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 2,642 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer 2,579 / Thomas H. Hanna 1,421 / Bradford D. Bauens 243
Lester R. Rice-Wray 8,327 (elected) / Edward E. Moore 4,757
District 7 edit
Howard W. Davis 3,305 (elected) / Ralph Luther Criswell 2,468 / George W. Grimmer 432 / A. Kreling 162
District 8 edit
Frank L. Shaw 3,785 (elected) / James R. Gentry 1,822 / William F. Vellage 400
District 9 edit
Winfred J. Sanborn 3,241 (elected) / M.T. Poling 1,706 / Jon Grand 427
District 10 edit
The incumbent was Otto J. Zahn, who was appointed to the council seat in 1925 after the conviction and expulsion of Charles E. Downs for bribery. In the primary, Zahn was challenged by E. Snapper Ingram, whose campaign was delayed due to the City Clerk hesitating to allow Ingram to use his nickname "Snapper". Zahn lost his renomination to Ingram and John G. Todd.
E. Snapper Ingram 1,298 (nominated) / John G. Todd 1,060 (nominated) / Otto J. Zahn 1,002 / George D. Hutchison 951 / Joseph J. Meyers 811 / P.M. Abbott 451 / J.A. Bristow 202
E. Snapper Ingram 3,746 (elected) / Todd 2,855
District 11 edit
Peirson M. Hall 2,874 (elected) / H.E. Binkley 1,009 / Frank H. Mouser 981
District 12 edit
Official recount: Douglas Eads Foster 3,628 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,921 (nominated) / A.J. Barnes 1,912 / R. M. Angier 219[1]
Douglas Eads Foster 5,319 (elected) / Horn 3,012
District 13 edit
Carl Ingold Jacobson 4,585 (elected) / William M. Byrne 3,162 / William Rudolph 522 / James G. King 259 / Oscar W. Odell 138 / John E. Arnold 109 / Albert G. Sloan 107
District 14 edit
William G. Bonelli 5,760 (elected) / Harrie R. Collins 1,392 / Andrew S. Wilson 1,251 / A.H. Nickel 584 / Harold P. Fetter 566 / Karl F. Schweitzer 501 / Helga M. Qually 457 / Robert E. Parrott 199
District 15 edit
Charles J. Colden 5,661 (elected) / Reimiller 1,372 / Edwards 1,322 / Cox 646 / Maginnis 365 / Chais 212 / Anderson 164