2013 Seattle mayoral election

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

• 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

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

Declined

• 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

Results

General election

Candidates

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

Polling

Results

References

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