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November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
  
2017 →

52%
  
47%

106,384
  
97,935

Start date
  
November 5, 2013

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Winner
  
Ed Murray

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.

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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.

On the ballot

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

    • Withdrew

  • Tim Burgess, City Councilman (Democratic Party)
  • David Ishii, "character"

    • Declined

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

    • Candidates

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

    • References

    Seattle mayoral election, 2013 Wikipedia
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