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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| Turnout | 23.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by city council district Garcetti: 50–60% 60–70% Greuel: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Incumbent mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was ineligible to run because of term limits.
General election
editCandidates
editDeclared
edit- Yehuda "YJ" Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, and father of David Draiman.[1][2]
- Eric Garcetti, City Councilman for the 13th district and former City Council President[3] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Wendy Greuel, city controller and former city councilwoman for the 2nd district[4] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Kevin James, talk radio host and attorney[5] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Addie M. Miller, citywide advocate[2]
- Jan Perry, city councilwoman for the 9th district[6] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Emanuel Pleitez, chief strategy officer at Spokeo and former Villaraigosa aide[7] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Norton Sandler, factory worker (Voter registration: Socialist Workers Party)[2]
Withdrew
edit- Austin Beutner, Los Angeles Times publisher, former deputy mayor and former investment banker[8]
Declined
edit- Rick J. Caruso, mall developer[9] (Voter registration: Republican)
- Alex Padilla, state Senator for the 20th district[10] (Voter registration: Democratic)
- Zev Yaroslavsky, County Supervisor for the 3rd district[11] (Voter registration: Democratic)
Issues
editArticles in 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.[12] 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.[13]
Polling
editGraphical summary
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| 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[14] | February 28–March 3, 2013 | 541 | ± 4.3% | 1% | 26% | 28% | 15% | 1% | 12% | 9% | 1% | — | 7% |
| USC/LA Times[15] | February 24–27, 2013 | 500 | ± 4% | — | 27% | 25% | 15% | — | 14% | 5% | — | 1% | 14% |
| SurveyUSA[16] | February 14–17, 2013 | 509 | ± 4.4% | 1% | 26% | 23% | 14% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 2% | — | 13% |
| SurveyUSA[17] | January 28–30, 2013 | 429 | ± 4.8% | 3% | 24% | 20% | 12% | 3% | 15% | 7% | 2% | — | 15% |
| SurveyUSA[18] | January 12–15, 2013 | 544 | ± 4.3% | 2% | 26% | 18% | 12% | 3% | 12% | 4% | 2% | — | 20% |
Results
edit| 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
editPolling
editGraphical summary
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Eric Garcetti |
Wendy Greuel |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA[21] | May 15–18, 2013 | 573 | ± 4.2% | 49% | 44% | 7% |
| USC Price/Los Angeles Times[22] | May 14–16, 2013 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 48% | 41% | 11% |
| SurveyUSA[23] | May 5–8, 2013 | 556 | ± 4.2% | 46% | 46% | 8% |
| Brown/Cal State[24] | April 29–May 7, 2013 | 674 | ± 4% | 45% | 46% | 9% |
| Working Californians[25] | April 25–28, 2013 | 705 | ± 3.7% | 39% | 38% | 23% |
| SurveyUSA[26] | April 22–25, 2013 | 486 | ± 4.5% | 42% | 45% | 13% |
| USC Price/Los Angeles Times[27] | April 15–17, 2013 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 50.3% | 40% | 10% |
| SurveyUSA[28] | April 8–10, 2013 | 478 | ± 4.6% | 49% | 40% | 11% |
| SurveyUSA[29] | March 23–26, 2013 | 523 | ± 4.4% | 47% | 40% | 13% |
Results
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zahniser, David (March 15, 2011). "Talk radio host Kevin James to announce run for mayor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Reston, Maeve (March 16, 2011). "L.A. Councilwoman Jan Perry jumps into the 2013 mayor's race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Zahniser, David (July 6, 2012). "Former Villaraigosa aide Emanuel Pleitez, 29, to run for mayor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Linthicum, Kate (May 9, 2012). "Beutner quits mayor's race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Linthicum, Kate (October 11, 2012). "L.A. billionaire Rick Caruso says he won't run for mayor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Zahniser, David (July 12, 2011). "State Sen. Padilla says he won't run for L.A. mayor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ Zahniser, David (August 23, 2012). "Zev Yaroslavsky says he will not run for L.A. mayor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zahniser, David; Reston, Maeve (May 21, 2009). "Trutanich defeats Weiss in L.A. city attorney's race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ USC/LA Times
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ "Los Angeles primary results, March 5, 2013". March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ Election Results
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ USC Price/Los Angeles Times
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ Brown/Cal State
- ^ Working Californians
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ USC Price/Los Angeles Times
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ SurveyUSA
- ^ "Los Angeles Mayoral Election Results May 22, 2013". Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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