1968 Sioux Falls mayoral special election

1968 Sioux Falls mayoral special election
April 9, 1968
April 23, 1968
 
Candidate Mike Schirmer G. Lowell Sutton Kenneth G. Vanderloo
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First round 7,627
42.89% 		7,826
44.01% 		2,328
13.09%
Runoff 8,409
50.67% 		8,188
49.33% 		Eliminated
Mayor before election

Earl McCart (acting)
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Mike Schirmer
Nonpartisan

The 1968 Sioux Falls mayoral special election took place on April 23, 1968, following a primary election on April 9, 1968. Mayor V. L. Crusinberry, first elected in the 1961 recall election and re-elected unopposed in 1964, died on December 12, 1967. The City Commission voted to hold a special election on April 9. City Auditor G. Lowell Sutton placed first in the primary election, winning 44 percent of the vote, and was joined in the general election by real estate agent and insurance broker Mike Schirmer, who won 43 percent. In the general election, Schirmer narrowly defeated Sutton, 51–49 percent.

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