KTLA News: "Mayor Tom Bradley holds press conference on the primary election returns" (1977)

[No audio] [Mayor Tom Bradley] I'm pleased to say that during the four years of my term. that race has not been an issue. We tried to serve every section of the city fairly, justly, and well. And the people, have said, last night, we approve. That's the greatest satisfaction that, any mayor could have. And the fact that people of all political persuasions, Republicans, Democrats, Independents. People of every age group, from every background, from every interest group, were represented in my campaign, and in that very strong vote. That's an indication that, the job that we set out to do four years ago has largely been accomplished. But I believe that as we had done in the last four years, we will have a partnership between City Hall and the people, that will produce the results that I'm looking for and that I know the people of this city are looking for. [Unintelligible] [Whistle] [Laughter] [Bradley] That's my pitch fork from now on. I just want to get the right tone when I begin to address you. [Camera noise] I did with the outcome of the election last night. I think it reaffirms what the people said in 1973 that, they wanted to elect their mayor on the basis of qualification, of confidence, of programs, of ideas. And they, four years ago, disregarded the irrelevant factor [Camera noise] and there's a long way to go, there are many things left undone. But I can think of no major city in this country, that stands at the point that this city does. Where it can master the difficulties that face it. And I'm confident that our fiscal, positions, with regard to budget, to the expenditure of the taxpayers dollars. To our effort to solve the problems of crime. With a reduction already this quarter of over seven percent. With a new program for senior citizens, the handicapped, and youth. With our housing programs really just beginning. With a four part grant application on transportation approved. That there is indeed, a lot ahead of us. [Reporter] fifty percent of the votes. [Bradley] I did not predict any particular figure. I felt confident that I was going to win, in the primary, because of the reactions that I've been getting for four years. So I, and never at any point last night, had any doubt about the outcome. But I had not tried to predict the margin of victory. [Reporter] Mr. Mayor, how do you [?] the voting, [Bradley] I have not looked at the breakdown of the vote in, in different sections of the city. And frankly, I don't know that anybody can tell you why we didn't have a larger turnout overall in the city than we did. I can speculate but that doesn't really serve much purpose. [Reporter, partially unintelligible] You've been criticized somewhat for not getting out there enough. [Bradley] It's, it's quite possible that, [Bradley] the fact that there was not a daily confrontation between the incumbent, the mayor, and, ah, all of the contenders trying to get my job, that, ah, there was less, ah, visibility in the campaign and less interest. Ah, I don't think you can fault me for that strategy it seemed to work. [Laughter] [Reporter, partially unintelligible] Have you received any messages, [No audio]