An election was held on March 5, 2013, to elect the

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. No candidate received a majority of the primary votes to be elected outright, and the top two finishers,

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and Wendy Greuel advanced to a runoff vote. On May 21, 2013, Garcetti was elected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan but candidates receive support and endorsements from their respective parties or affiliated organizations. The Los Angeles County Republican Party endorsed

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, the lone Republican in the field, while the Los Angeles County Democratic Party supported the candidacies of Garcetti, Greuel, Perry and Pleitez without making an endorsement. Incumbent mayor

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was ineligible to run because of

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General election

Candidates

Declared

* Yehuda "YJ" Draiman, businessman, member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, and father of

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, City Councilman for the 13th district and former City Council President (Voter registration: Democratic) * Wendy Greuel,

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and former city councilwoman for the 2nd district (Voter registration: Democratic) *

, talk radio host and attorney (Voter registration: Republican) * Addie M. Miller, citywide advocate * Jan Perry, city councilwoman for the 9th district (Voter registration: Democratic) * Emanuel Pleitez, chief strategy officer at Spokeo and former Villaraigosa aide (Voter registration: Democratic) * Norton Sandler, factory worker (Voter registration: Socialist Workers Party)

Withdrew

* Austin Beutner, Los Angeles Times publisher, former deputy mayor and former investment banker

Declined

* Rick J. Caruso, mall developer (Voter registration: Republican) *

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for the 20th district (Voter registration: Democratic) *

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, County Supervisor for the 3rd district (Voter registration: Democratic)

Issues

Articles in the ''

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'' suggested that the fiscal state of Los Angeles would likely play a major role in the election. Also a question was the role that Villaraigosa's popularity would play; in 2009 his support was seen as more of a liability than an asset.

Polling

Graphical summary

Results

Runoff

Polling

Graphical summary

Results

References

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Non-partisan elections

General election

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Issues

Polling

Results

Runoff

Polling

Results

References

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