Retro Friday: Mayor Bradley Runs For Re-Election, 1985

As Los Angeles prepares to go to the polls next week to vote for a new mayor, here's a 1985 spot for Tom Bradley, touting the revival of L.A.'s downtown, LAX and city port. The kicker: The successful and extremely popular 1984 Olympics. BOOM. It's Bradley's drop-the-mic moment.

Retro Friday: L.A. Mayor Edition

In honor of this week's L.A. election, a few clips. Above, Mayor Sam Yorty loses his seat.

Also, check out the collection of clips from the 1969 election, in which Tom Bradley won the primary -- but lost the election to Yorty. By 1973, however, Angelenos had tired of Yorty's racist campaigning -- and Bradley won.