KOCH ELECTED NEW YORK CITY MAYOR IN HARSH, NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: US Rep. Ed Koch (D-NY St), who easily ran a hardcore conservative "Law and Order" platform during the campaign by highlighting the ugly rioting from the NYC Blackouts during the summer including his message of restoring public safety, catapulted him to front-runner status resulted in winning the Democratic primary and the subsequent runoff, was easily elected Mayor of New York City defeating fellow Democrat and current New York State Secretary of State Mario Cuomo (D) by a margin of 49.99% to Cuomo's 40.97%.
KUCINICH WINS MAYORALTY IN CLEVELAND; MAKES HISTORY AS YOUNGEST ELECTED MAYOR OF MAJOR AMERICAN CITY
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: Cleveland City Councilman Dennis Kucinich (D) was narrowly elected in the nonpartisan race for Cleveland Mayor, having defeated State Rep. Ed Feighan (D-Cleveland) in the general election. Kucinich makes history, at the age of 31 years old, becoming one of the youngest elected Mayors of a major American city.
JACKSON REELECTED ATLANTA MAYOR IN LANDSLIDE MARGIN
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: Incumbent Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson (D) has been reelected to a second four-year term leading the Hollywood of the South in a massive landslide victory with 64% of the citywide vote, easily avoiding a runoff.
STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE GRIFFIN WINS THREE-WAY RACE FOR BUFFALO MAYOR IN LANDSLIDE
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: In one of the most intriguing, but racially-polarizing incidents during the campaign, staunch conservative State Senator James D. Griffin (Conservative) was easily elected Buffalo's 60th Mayor in a three-way race, defeating State Assemblyman Arthur Eve (D-Buffalo) and John J. Phelan (R): Griffin won the Mayoral election with 41.97% of the citywide vote.
CONWAY ELECTED ST. LOUIS MAYOR
*April 5, 1977: State Senator James F. Conway (D-St. Louis) defeated James Stemmler (R) and US Rep. Bill Lacy (D-MO) in a three-way race, garnering 67.01% of the vote in a massive landslide.
CALIGUIRI WINS PITTSBURGH MAYORAL ELECTION
*Tuesday, November 1, 1977: Pittsburgh City Council President Richard Caliguiri (I), who renounced his political party affiliation of the Democratic Party by running as an Independent, wins a full four-year term defeating Allegheny County Commissioner Tom Foerster (D) and Joe Cosetti (R), garnering 47.9% while Foerster got 43.7% and Cosetti got 8.5%.
DIMAURO ELECTED SPRINGFIELD MAYOR IN LANDSLIDE DEFEATING GRIMALDI
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: Springfield City Council President Theodore E. Dimauro was elected to the open seat of the Mayoralty of Springfield, Massachusetts., defeating State Rep. James E. Grimaldi.
STANTON REELECTED MANCHESTER MAYOR
*Tuesday, November 8, 1977: Incumbent Manchester Mayor Charles R. Stanton (D) won reelection by a margin of 3-to-1 over Republican challenger Richard Jacobs (R).
BILANDIC WINS SPECIAL ELECTION TO FINISH OUT DALEY'S SIXTH TERM AS CHICAGO MAYOR
*June 7, 1977: Chicago Mayor Michael A. Bilandic (D), who ascended to the Mayoralty upon the death of longtime six-term Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley (D) on December 20, 1976, easily defeated Chicago City 47th District Alderman Dennis H. Block (R) by a landslide margin of 56 percentage points (77.3% to 21.3%) in a special election to completing the unexpired term of then-Mayor Daley, who died in office.
BRADLEY REELECTED LOS ANGELES MAYOR TO SECOND TERM
*April 5, 1977: Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Thomas Bradley (D) easily won reelection to a second term in office, easily trouncing State Senator Alan Robbins (D-Los Angeles) and Howard Jarvis (R) in a multi-field list of candidates. Bradley garnered 59% of the vote and easily avoided the runoff.
MORIAL ELECTED NEW ORLEANS MAYOR; MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HOLD THE OFFICE
*Saturday, November 12, 1977: Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Ernest Morial (D) narrowly won the runoff election in a battle to succeed outgoing New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu (D), who was prohibited by the City Charter from succeeding himself of seeking a third consecutive term.
Morial makes history by becoming the Crescent City's first African American Mayor. He will take office as New Orleans' 57th Mayor on May 1, 1978.