2013 Seattle mayoral election

2013 Seattle mayoral election | <- 2009 | November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05) | 2017 ->

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Candidate  | Ed Murray | Michael McGinn
Party  | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan
Popular vote  | 106,384 | 97,935
Percentage  | 51.55% | 47.45%

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| Mayor before election

Michael McGinn
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Ed Murray
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The 2013 Seattle mayoral election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the mayor of Seattle. Incumbent Mayor Michael McGinn ran for re-election to a second term in office.[1]

Municipal elections in Washington are officially non-partisan. A non-partisan primary was held on August 6, 2013. The top two finishers, State Senator Ed Murray, who received 30% of the vote, and incumbent Mayor McGinn, who received 29% of the vote, advanced to the November general election.

Murray won the general election with 52% of the votes.[2]

## Primary election

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### Candidates

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#### On the ballot

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* Joey Gray, information-systems consultant and trainer[3]
* Bruce Harrell, City Councilman[4] (Democratic Party)
* Kate Martin, former Greenwood Community Council President[5]
* Mary Martin, activist[3] (Socialist Workers Party)
* Michael McGinn, incumbent Mayor[1] (Democratic Party)
* Doug McQuaid, attorney[3]
* Ed Murray, State Senator[6] (Democratic Party)
* Charlie Staadecker, real estate broker[7]
* Peter Steinbrueck, lobbyist and former City Councilman[8] (Democratic Party)

#### Withdrew

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* Tim Burgess, City Councilman[9] (Democratic Party)
* David Ishii, "character"[10][11]

#### Declined

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* Sally J. Clark, City Council President[12] (Democratic Party)
* Maud Daudon, President and CEO of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce[13]
* Ron Sims, former Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former King County Executive[14] (Democratic Party)

### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin of
error  | Tim
Burgess  | Joey
Gray  | Bruce
Harrell  | David
Ishii  | Kate
Martin  | Mary
Martin  | Michael
McGinn  | Doug
McQuaid  | Ed
Murray  | Ron
Sims  | Charlie
Staadecker  | Peter
Steinbrueck  | Undecided

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SurveyUSA | July 15–18, 2013  | 501  | ± 4.5%  | —  | 1%  | 11%  | —  | 1%  | 2%  | 21% | 1%  | 22% | —  | 3%  | 14%  | 25%
SurveyUSA | May 17–19, 2013  | 552  | ± 4.3%  | —  | —  | 12%  | —  | 4%  | 3%  | 22% | —  | 15%  | —  | 4%  | 17% | 23%
SurveyUSA | March 4–7, 2013  | 647  | ± 3.9%  | 10%  | —  | 5%  | 0%  | 3%  | —  | 15% | —  | 9%  | 15% | 1%  | 7%  | 34%
11% | —  | 6%  | 0%  | 4%  | —  | 19% | —  | 8%  | —  | 1%  | 10%  | 38%

### Results

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Primary election results[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Nonpartisan | Ed Murray  | 42,314  | 29.85
| Nonpartisan | Michael McGinn  | 40,501  | 28.57
| Nonpartisan | Peter Steinbrueck  | 22,913  | 16.16
| Nonpartisan | Bruce Harrell  | 21,580  | 15.22
| Nonpartisan | Charlie Staadecker  | 6,288  | 4.44
| Nonpartisan | Doug McQuaid  | 2,546  | 1.80
| Nonpartisan | Kate Martin  | 2,479  | 1.75
| Nonpartisan | Mary Martin  | 1,498  | 1.06
| Nonpartisan | Joey Gray  | 1,318  | 0.93
|  | Write-in  | 334  | 0.24
Total votes  | 141,771  | 100

## General election

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### Candidates

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* Michael McGinn, incumbent Mayor
* Ed Murray, State Senator

### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin of
error  | Michael
McGinn  | Ed
Murray  | Undecided

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Strategies 360 | October 14–16, 2013  | 400  | ± 4.9%  | 34%  | 51% | 15%
SurveyUSA | October 2013  | 557  | ± 4.2%  | 32%  | 52% | 15%
Public Policy Polling[permanent dead link] | October 4–6, 2013  | 570  | ± ?  | 28%  | 52% | 20%
SurveyUSA | September 14–15, 2013  | 503  | ± 4.5%  | 30%  | 52% | 18%

### Results

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Seattle Mayoral Election, 2013[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Nonpartisan | Ed Murray  | 106,384  | 51.55
| Nonpartisan | Michael McGinn  | 97,938  | 47.45
|  | Write-in  | 2,058  | 1.00
Plurality  | 8,446  | 4.09
Turnout | 206,377  | 50.27

## References

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1. ^ a b Barnett, Erica C. (March 12, 2012). "McGinn Kickoff Brings In "Just Under" $5,000". PubliCola. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
2. ^ "Election Results, General and Special Election of November 5, 2013: Official Final" (PDF). King County Elections. November 26, 2013. p. 46. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
3. ^ a b c Lynn Thompson and Keith Ervin (May 17, 2013). "2 more join Seattle mayor's race; other high-profile battles scarce". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
4. ^ Lynn Thompson (January 15, 2013). "Harrell joins mayor's race, calls McGinn's style ineffective". Seattle Times. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
5. ^ Emily Heffter (December 17, 2012). "Greenwood activist Kate Martin to run for Seattle mayor". Seattle Times. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
6. ^ Andrew Garber. "Legislature's Ed Murray Wants to Run for Seattle Mayor". Seattle Times.
7. ^ Lynn Thompson (December 13, 2012). "Charlie Staadecker a dark horse in mayoral race". Seattle Times. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
8. ^ Emily Heffter (December 19, 2012). "Steinbrueck kicks off campaign with vision of a "city for all"". Politics Northwest. Seattle Times. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
9. ^ Barnett, Erica C. (May 17, 2013). "Friday Jolt: Burgess Withdraws from Mayor's Race". Seattle Metropolitan.
10. ^ Holden, Dominic (January 18, 2013). "Holy Crap! Another Candidate for Mayor!". Slog. The Stranger. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
11. ^ Holden, Dominic (March 13, 2013). "David Ishii Won't Be Next Mayor". Slog. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
12. ^ Stiles, Marc (November 1, 2012). "Seattle City Council President Sally Clark: no plan to run for mayor". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
13. ^ Lamm, Greg (April 1, 2013). "Chamber CEO Maud Daudon puts mayoral rumors to rest". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
14. ^ Connelly, Joel (March 11, 2013). "Ron Sims won't run for mayor". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
15. ^ a b 2013 Election Report (PDF) (Report). Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. February 5, 2014. pp. 23–24. Retrieved January 3, 2016.

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