1949 Sioux Falls mayoral election

1949 Sioux Falls mayoral election
April 19, 1949
April 26, 1949
 
Candidate Henry Saure John N. Browning
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 5,634
42.49% 		3,784
28.53%
Runoff 7,874
50.80% 		7,625
49.20%
 
Candidate C. M. Whitfield Ellis O. Smith
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 2,720
20.51% 		758
5.72%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

C. M. Whitfield
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Henry Saure
Nonpartisan

The 1949 Sioux Falls mayoral election was held on April 26, 1949, following a primary election on April 19, 1949. Incumbent Mayor C. M. Whitfield ran for re-election to a second term. However, Whitfield was defeated in the primary election, placing third. Henry Saure, the President of the Sioux Falls Board of Education, who received 42 percent of the vote, and former State Representative John N. Browning, who received 29 percent of the vote, advanced to the general election. Saure narrowly defeated Browning, 51–49 percent, winning his first term as Mayor.

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