1944 Sioux Falls mayoral election

1944 Sioux Falls mayoral election
April 18, 1944
 
Candidate C. M. Whitfield Mark Myers
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 4,651 2,482
Percentage 65.20% 34.80%
Mayor before election

C. M. Whitfield
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

C. M. Whitfield
Nonpartisan

The 1944 Sioux Falls mayoral election was held on April 18, 1944. Incumbent Mayor C. M. Whitfield, who was first elected in a 1942 special election, ran for re-election to a full term. He was challenged by Mark Myers, a former State Representative who worked as the janitor at city hall. Whitfield defeated Myers in a landslide, 65–35 percent.

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