The position of mayor of Los Angeles is nonpartisan, as per Section 6 of Article II of the California Constitution. This meant no incumbent appeared on the ballot the 2013 election marked just the third time in 75 years that there would be no incumbent on the mayoral ballot. The outgoing mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, finished his second term in the city's mayoral office in June 2013, and was ineligible to run for a third term because of the city's mayoral term limits. Therefore, a runoff election took place on May 21 between the top two vote-getters from the March 5 primary. On March 5, no candidate received "50% + 1" vote. Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the election.Ī primary election was held on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A Los Angeles mayoral election took place on to elect the 42nd mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
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