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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]
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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.[2]
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% |
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 |
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% |
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 |
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