Election Name: | 2013 Atlantic City mayoral election |
Flag Image: | Flag of Atlantic City, New Jersey.gif |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 2009 Atlantic City mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2013 |
Next Election: | 2017 Atlantic City mayoral election |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Nominee1: | Don Guardian |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 3,932 |
Percentage1: | 50.86% |
Before Election: | Don Guardian |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Frank Gilliam |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Nominee2: | Lorenzo Langford |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 3,568 |
Percentage2: | 46.15% |
Reporting: | 100 |
Last Update: | April 10, 2024 |
Time Zone: | EDT |
The 2013 Atlantic City mayoral election was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 5, 2013, to elect a mayor for the city of Atlantic City. Incumbent mayor Lorenzo Langford was seeking reelection to a second term. Langford was defeated by Republican Don Guardian, the resort town's first openly gay mayor.[1]
Lorenzo Langford had been the mayor of Atlantic City in two different time periods, from January 1, 2002, to January 1, 2006, and again from January 1, 2008, to the time of the election. He was running for a fourth term which was marred by controversy regarding the 2009 election and a subsequent investigation into the city Democratic Party leaders, and Langford's mismanagement following Superstorm Sandy.[2]