The 2013 Seattle mayoral election took place on November 5, 2013, to elect the

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Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

. Incumbent Mayor

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ran for re-election to a second term in office. Municipal elections in Washington are officially non-partisan. A non-partisan primary was held on August 6, 2013. The top two finishers,

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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.

Primary election

Candidates

On the ballot

* Joey Gray, information-systems consultant and trainer *

Bruce Harrell Bruce Allen Harrell (born October 10, 1958) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. He served as a member of the Seattle City Council from District 2 from 2016 to 2020. Elected to the c ...

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(

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) * Kate Martin, former Greenwood Community Council President * Mary Martin, activist ( Socialist Workers Party) *

, incumbent Mayor (Democratic Party) * Doug McQuaid, attorney * Ed Murray,

(Democratic Party) * Charlie Staadecker, real estate broker *

Peter Steinbrueck Peter Steinbrueck (born October 14, 1957) is an American architect and politician from Seattle, Washington. He is the principal and founder of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies and was a city councilmember from 1997 to 2008. He also previously served ...

, 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) *

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, President and

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of the

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Ron Sims Ronald Cordell Sims (born July 5, 1948) is the former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, having served in the position from May 8, 2009 to July 2011. He is also the former King County Executive. Sims ...

, former

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and former

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(Democratic Party)

Polling

Results

General election

Candidates

, incumbent Mayor * Ed Murray,

Polling

Results

References

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