2013 Los Angeles City Attorney election

2013 Los Angeles City Attorney election

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Candidate Mike Feuer Carmen Trutanich Greig Smith Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First round 116,883 43.76% 80,587 30.17% 46,578 17.44% Runoff 238,237 62.27% 144,334 37.73% Eliminated

City Attorney before election Carmen Trutanich Democratic City Attorney Mike Feuer

The 2013 Los Angeles City Attorney election begun on March 5, 2013 with a nonpartisan top-two primary. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the top two candidates, Mike Feuer and incumbent Carmen Trutanich, advanced to a runoff election held on May 21, which Feuer won in a landslide victory.

Nonpartisan primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Mike Feuer, state assemblyman from the 42nd district (2006-2012) ^[1]
• Carmen Trutanich, incumbent mayor ^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Greig Smith, Los Angeles city councilman from the 12th district (2003–2011; 2019) ^[1]
• Noel Weiss, attorney and policy advocate ^{[1] [2]}

Endorsements

Carmen Trutanich

Local officials

• Lee Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County (1998–2014) (rescinded, later endorsed Feuer) ^[3]

Mike Feuer

State legislators

• John Pérez, state assemblyman from the 46th (2008–2012) and 53rd district (2012–2014) and former Speaker of the California State Assembly (2010–2014) ^[4]

Local officials

• Jackie Lacey, District Attorney of Los Angeles County (2012–2020) ^[5]
• Lee Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County (1998–2014) ^[4]
• Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Supervisor (1994–2014) ^[4]

Individuals

• Eric Bauman, chair of the L.A. Democratic Party (2000–2017) and vice chair of the California Democratic Party (2009–2017) ^[4]

Trade unions

• Los Angeles County Federation of Labor ^[6]

Newspapers

• Los Angeles Daily News ^[7]
• Los Angeles Times ^[8]

Results

2013 Los Angeles City Attorney election ^[1]

Primary election
Candidate		Votes	%
Mike Feuer		151,488	44.10%
Carmen Trutanich (incumbent)		102,050	29.70%
Greig Smith		60,253	17.54%
Noel Weiss		29,078	8.64%
Total votes		343,499	100.00%

Runoff

Results

2013 Los Angeles City Attorney runoff election ^{[9] [10]}

Candidate		Votes	%
Mike Feuer		238,237	62.27%
Carmen Trutanich (incumbent)		144,334	37.73%
Total votes		382,571	100.00%

References

1. https://ens.lacity.org/clk/elections/clkelections3291105443_08152016.pdf
2. "Noel Weiss Info". NBC Los Angeles. 11 February 2009.
3. "Archive blogs". Los Angeles Times.
4. Gonzalez, Jonathan (27 February 2012). "Baca, Yaroslavsky Endorse Assemblyman Feuer for City Attorney". NBC Los Angeles.
5. "District Attorney Jackie Lacey endorses Mike Feuer for L.A. City Attorney". Daily News. 14 May 2013.
6. "Mike Feuer gains endorsement of L.A. County Federation of Labor". Los Angeles Times. 19 March 2013.
7. "Endorsement of Mike Feuer for L.A. city attorney". Daily News. 2 May 2013.
8. "Mike Feuer for City Attorney". Los Angeles Times. 8 February 2013.
9. "Los Angeles City Attorney - Primary Race - Mar 05, 2013". Our Campaigns. March 27, 2013.
10. "Los Angeles City Attorney Race - May 21, 2013". Our Campaigns. December 5, 2014.