2013 Seattle mayoral election
November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
 
Candidate Ed Murray Michael McGinn
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 106,384 97,935
Percentage 51.55% 47.45%

Mayor before election

Michael McGinn
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Ed Murray
Democratic

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

Candidates

On the ballot

Withdrew

Declined

Polling

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
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

Primary election results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Michael
McGinn
Ed
Murray
Undecided
Strategies 360 October 14–16, 2013 400 ± 4.9% 34% 51% 15%
SurveyUSA October 2013 557 ± 4.2% 32% 52% 15%
Public Policy Polling October 4–6, 2013 570 ± ? 28% 52% 20%
SurveyUSA September 14–15, 2013 503 ± 4.5% 30% 52% 18%

Results

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

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 2013 Election Report (PDF) (Report). Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. February 5, 2014. pp. 23–24. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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