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 (voter registration: Democratic) Wendy Greuel, city controller and former city councilwoman for the 2nd district (voter registration: Democratic)
Eliminated in primary Yehuda "YJ" Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, and father of David Draiman Kevin James, talk radio host and attorney (voter registration: Republican) Addie M. Miller, citywide advocate Jan Perry, city councilmember from the 9th district (voter registration: Democratic) (endorsed Garcetti) Emanuel Pleitez, chief strategy officer at Spokeo and former Villaraigosa aide (voter registration: Democratic) Norton Sandler, factory worker (voter registration: Socialist Workers Party)
Withdrawn Austin Beutner, Los Angeles Times publisher and former deputy mayor
Declined Rick J. Caruso, mall developer (voter registration: Republican) Alex Padilla, state senator for the 20th district (voter registration: Democratic) Zev Yaroslavsky, county supervisor for the 3rd district (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. 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.
Endorsements
Polling Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error YehudaDraiman EricGarcetti WendyGreuel KevinJames AddieMiller JanPerry EmanuelPleitez NortonSandler Other UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA February 28–March 3, 2013 541 ± 4.3% 1% 26% 28% 15% 1% 12% 9% 1% — 7%USC/LA TimesUSC/LA Times February 24–27, 2013 500 ± 4% — 27% 25% 15% — 14% 5% — 1% 14%SurveyUSASurveyUSA February 14–17, 2013 509 ± 4.4% 1% 26% 23% 14% 3% 12% 6% 2% — 13%SurveyUSASurveyUSA January 28–30, 2013 429 ± 4.8% 3% 24% 20% 12% 3% 15% 7% 2% — 15%SurveyUSASurveyUSA January 12–15, 2013 544 ± 4.3% 2% 26% 18% 12% 3% 12% 4% 2% — 20%
Results
Runoff Endorsements
Polling Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error EricGarcetti WendyGreuel UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA May 15–18, 2013 573 ± 4.2% 49% 44% 7%USC Price/Los Angeles TimesUSC Price/Los Angeles Times May 14–16, 2013 500 ± 4.4% 48% 41% 11%SurveyUSASurveyUSA May 5–8, 2013 556 ± 4.2% 46% 46% 8%Brown/Cal StateBrown/Cal State April 29–May 7, 2013 674 ± 4% 45% 46% 9%Working CaliforniansWorking Californians April 25–28, 2013 705 ± 3.7% 39% 38% 23%SurveyUSASurveyUSA April 22–25, 2013 486 ± 4.5% 42% 45% 13%USC Price/Los Angeles TimesUSC Price/Los Angeles Times April 15–17, 2013 500 ± 4.4% 50.3% 40% 10%SurveyUSASurveyUSA April 8–10, 2013 478 ± 4.6% 49% 40% 11%SurveyUSASurveyUSA March 23–26, 2013 523 ± 4.4% 47% 40% 13%
Results
References
Jason Kandel: 8 Vie for Los Angeles Mayor in Upcoming City Primary
External links Official campaign websites YJ Draiman Eric Garcetti Wendy Greuel Kevin James Addie Miller Jan Perry Emanuel Pleitez