Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013

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Los Angeles mayoral election, 2013
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Candidate Eric Garcetti Wendy Greuel
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote222,300187,609
Percentage54.2%45.8%
Mayor before election

Antonio Villaraigosa
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Eric Garcetti
Democratic

The 2013 Los Angeles mayoral 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.

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Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan but candidates receive support and endorsements from their respective parties or affiliated organizations. The Los Angeles County Republican Party endorsed Kevin James, the lone Republican in the field, while the Los Angeles County Democratic Party supported the candidacies of Garcetti, Greuel, Perry and Pleitez without making an endorsement.

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Election

Candidates

Declared

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Withdrew

  • Austin Beutner, current Los Angeles Times publisher, former deputy mayor and former investment banker [8]

Declined

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Issues

Articles in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Daily News suggested that the fiscal state of Los Angeles will likely play a major role in the election. [12] Also a question is the role that Villaraigosa's popularity will play; in 2009 his support was seen as more of a liability than an asset. [13]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Yehuda
Draiman		Eric
Garcetti		Wendy
Greuel		Kevin
James		Addie
Miller		Jan
Perry		Emanuel
Pleitez		Norton
Sandler		OtherUnde-
cided
SurveyUSA February 28–March 3, 2013541± 4.3%1%26%28%15%1%12%9%1%—7%
USC/LA Times February 24–27, 2013500± 4%—27%25%15%—14%5%—1%14%
SurveyUSA February 14–17, 2013509± 4.4%1%26%23%14%3%12%6%2%—13%
SurveyUSA January 28–30, 2013429± 4.8%3%24%20%12%3%15%7%2%—15%
SurveyUSA January 12–15, 2013544± 4.3%2%26%18%12%3%12%4%2%—20%

Results

Mayoral primary results, March 5, 2013 [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eric Garcetti121,93033.1
Democratic Wendy Greuel106,74829.0
Republican Kevin James60,16416.3
Democratic Jan Perry58,47215.9
Democratic Emanuel Pleitez15,2634.1
Socialist Workers Norton Sandler2,0020.5
Nonpartisan Addie Miller1,8100.5
Nonpartisan YJ Draiman1,5430.4
Total votes377,881100

Runoff

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Eric
Garcetti		Wendy
Greuel		Undecided
SurveyUSA May 15–18, 2013573± 4.2%49%44%7%
USC Price/Los Angeles Times May 14–16, 2013500± 4.4%48%41%11%
SurveyUSA May 5–8, 2013556± 4.2%46%46%8%
Brown/Cal State April 29–May 7, 2013674± 4%45%46%9%
Working Californians April 25–28, 2013705± 3.7%39%38%23%
SurveyUSA April 22–25, 2013486± 4.5%42%45%13%
USC Price/Los Angeles Times April 15–17, 2013500± 4.4%50.3%40%10%
SurveyUSA April 8–10, 2013478± 4.6%49%40%11%
SurveyUSA March 23–26, 2013523± 4.4%47%40%13%

Results

Mayoral runoff results, May 21, 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eric Garcetti222,30054
Democratic Wendy Greuel187,60946
Total votes409,909100
Turnout  23

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