2013 Los Angeles mayoral election

2013 Los Angeles mayoral election

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Turnout	23.0%
Candidate Eric Garcetti Wendy Greuel First round 121,930 32.27% 106,748 28.25% Runoff 222,300 54.23% 187,609 45.77%   Candidate Kevin James Jan Perry First round 60,164 15.92% 58,472 15.47% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated
Results by city council district Garcetti:      50–60%     60–70% Greuel:      50–60%     60–70%
Mayor before election Antonio Villaraigosa Elected Mayor Eric Garcetti

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An election was held on March 5, 2013, to elect the mayor of Los Angeles. No candidate received a majority of the primary votes to be elected outright, and the top two finishers, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel advanced to a runoff vote. On May 21, 2013, Garcetti was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.

Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan but candidates receive support and endorsements from their respective parties or affiliated organizations.

Incumbent mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was ineligible to run for re-election because of term limits.

Nonpartisan primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Eric Garcetti , city councilman from the 13th district and former city council president ^[1] (Voter registration: Democratic)
• Wendy Greuel , city controller and former city councilwoman for the 2nd district ^[2] (Voter registration: Democratic)

Eliminated in primary

• Yehuda "YJ" Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, and father of David Draiman ^{[3] [4]}
• Kevin James, talk radio host and attorney ^[5] (Voter registration: Republican)
• Addie M. Miller, citywide advocate ^[4]
• Jan Perry, city councilmember from the 9th district ^[6] (Voter registration: Democratic)(endorsed Garcetti) ^[7]
• Emanuel Pleitez, chief strategy officer at Spokeo and former Villaraigosa aide ^[8] (Voter registration: Democratic)
• Norton Sandler, factory worker (Voter registration: Socialist Workers Party) ^[4]

Withdrawn

• Austin Beutner, Los Angeles Times publisher and former deputy mayor ^[9]

Declined

• Rick J. Caruso, mall developer ^[10] (Voter registration: Republican)
• Alex Padilla, state Senator for the 20th district ^[11] (Voter registration: Democratic)
• Zev Yaroslavsky, County Supervisor for the 3rd district ^[12] (Voter registration: Democratic)

Campaign

Both the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News suggested that the fiscal state of Los Angeles would likely play a major role in the election. ^[13] Also a question was the role that Villaraigosa's popularity would play; in 2009 his support was seen as more of a liability than an asset. ^[14]

Endorsements

Eric Garcetti

Newspapers

• Los Angeles Times ^[15]

Polling

Graphical summary

View source data.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Yehuda Draiman	Eric Garcetti	Wendy Greuel	Kevin James	Addie Miller	Jan Perry	Emanuel Pleitez	Norton Sandler	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA [16]	February 28–March 3, 2013	541	± 4.3%	1%	26%	28%	15%	1%	12%	9%	1%	—	7%
USC/LA Times [17]	February 24–27, 2013	500	± 4%	—	27%	25%	15%	—	14%	5%	—	1%	14%
SurveyUSA [18]	February 14–17, 2013	509	± 4.4%	1%	26%	23%	14%	3%	12%	6%	2%	—	13%
SurveyUSA [19]	January 28–30, 2013	429	± 4.8%	3%	24%	20%	12%	3%	15%	7%	2%	—	15%
SurveyUSA [20]	January 12–15, 2013	544	± 4.3%	2%	26%	18%	12%	3%	12%	4%	2%	—	20%

Results

Mayoral election results, March 5, 2013 ^{[21] [22]}

Candidate		Votes	%
Eric Garcetti		121,930	33.1%
Wendy Greuel		106,748	29.0%
Kevin James		60,164	16.3%
Jan Perry		58,472	15.9%
Emanuel Pleitez		15,263	4.1%
Norton Sandler		2,002	0.5%
Addie Miller		1,810	0.5%
YJ Draiman		1,543	0.4%
Total votes		377,881	100%

Runoff

Endorsements

Eric Garcetti

State legislators

• Paul Koretz, former state assemblyman from the 42nd district (2000–2006) and city councilman from the 5th district (2009–2022) ^[23]

Local officials

• Jan Perry, city councilmember from the 9th district (2001–2013) ^[7]
• Joe Buscaino, city councilman from the 15th district (2012–2022) ^[23]
• Paul Krekorian, city councilman from the 2nd district (2010–2024) ^[23]

Newspapers

• TechCrunch ^[24]

Wendy Greuel

Executive branch officials

• Bill Clinton, former president of the United States (1993–2001) ^[7]

Local officials

• Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles (1993–2001) ^[23]
• Mark Ridley-Thomas, former city councilmember from the 8th district (1991–2002) and member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district (2008–2020) ^[23]

Individuals

• Magic Johnson, former Los Angeles Lakers basketballer ^[7]

Labor unions

• Los Angeles County Federation of Labor ^[23]

Polling

Graphical summary

View source data.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Eric Garcetti	Wendy Greuel	Undecided
SurveyUSA [25]	May 15–18, 2013	573	± 4.2%	49%	44%	7%
USC Price/Los Angeles Times [26]	May 14–16, 2013	500	± 4.4%	48%	41%	11%
SurveyUSA [27]	May 5–8, 2013	556	± 4.2%	46%	46%	8%
Brown/Cal State [28]	April 29–May 7, 2013	674	± 4%	45%	46%	9%
Working Californians [29]	April 25–28, 2013	705	± 3.7%	39%	38%	23%
SurveyUSA [30]	April 22–25, 2013	486	± 4.5%	42%	45%	13%
USC Price/Los Angeles Times [31]	April 15–17, 2013	500	± 4.4%	50.3%	40%	10%
SurveyUSA [32]	April 8–10, 2013	478	± 4.6%	49%	40%	11%
SurveyUSA [33]	March 23–26, 2013	523	± 4.4%	47%	40%	13%

Results

Mayoral runoff results, May 21, 2013 ^[34]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
Eric Garcetti		222,300	54.23%	N/A
Wendy Greuel		187,609	45.77%	N/A
Total votes		409,909	100%	N/A

References

1. Behrens, Zach (September 8, 2011). "Eric Garcetti Now Running for Mayor of Los Angeles". KCET . Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
2. McDonald, Patrick Range (March 1, 2011). "L.A. Controller Wendy Greuel Says She Wants To Be Your Next Mayor". LA Weekly . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
3. Melnicoff, Mars (April 6, 2011). "YJ Draiman, Dad to Disturbed's Lead Singer: Top 5 Reasons Unknown Underdog 2013 L.A. Mayoral Candidate Is Freaking Interesting". LA Weekly . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
4. Orlov, Rick (February 2, 2013). "Jay Draiman, Norton Sandler and Addie Miller are also running for L.A. mayor". Los Angeles Daily News . Retrieved February 18, 2013.
5. Zahniser, David (March 15, 2011). "Talk radio host Kevin James to announce run for mayor". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
6. Reston, Maeve (March 16, 2011). "L.A. Councilwoman Jan Perry jumps into the 2013 mayor's race". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
7. Lloyd, Jonathan (March 28, 2013). "Magic Johnson Endorses Wendy Greuel in LA Mayor Race". NBC Los Angeles.
8. Zahniser, David (July 6, 2012). "Former Villaraigosa aide Emanuel Pleitez, 29, to run for mayor". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
9. Linthicum, Kate (May 9, 2012). "Beutner quits mayor's race". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
10. Linthicum, Kate (October 11, 2012). "L.A. billionaire Rick Caruso says he won't run for mayor". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 22, 2012.
11. Zahniser, David (July 12, 2011). "State Sen. Padilla says he won't run for L.A. mayor". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
12. Zahniser, David (August 23, 2012). "Zev Yaroslavsky says he will not run for L.A. mayor". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
13. Willon, Phil (November 25, 2009). "L.A. faces $1-billion deficit by 2013; budget chief calls for pension reforms". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
14. Zahniser, David; Reston, Maeve (May 21, 2009). "Trutanich defeats Weiss in L.A. city attorney's race". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 26, 2012.
15. "Garcetti endorsement: Readers' measured responses". Los Angeles Times. February 18, 2013.
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21. "Los Angeles primary results, March 5, 2013". March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
22. Election Results
23. "Bill Clinton endorses Wendy Greuel for LA mayor". ABC30 Fresno.
24. Ferenstein, Gregory (May 16, 2013). "Why CrunchGov Is Endorsing Eric Garcetti For Mayor Of LA". TechCrunch.
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External links

• YJ Draiman for Mayor
• Eric Garcetti for Mayor Archived 2020-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Wendy Greuel for Mayor
• Kevin James for Mayor
• Addie Miller for Mayor
• Jan Perry for Mayor
• Emanuel Pleitez for Mayor