2014 Long Beach, California, mayoral election Turnout 18.25% (first round))[3] 20.53% (runoff)[4] Candidate Robert Garcia Damon Dunn Bonnie Lowenthal First-round vote 11,873 10,637 9,227 First-round percentage 25.24% 22.61% 19.62% Second-round vote 27,420 25,275 Second-round percentage 52.04% 47.96% Candidate Gerrie Schipske Doug Otto First-round vote 7,192 6,363 First-round percentage 15.29% 13.53%
Long Beach, California , held an election for mayor on April 8, 2014 and June 2, 2014. It saw the election of Robert Garcia .
In winning, Garcia became the first openly gay person to be elected Mayor of Long Beach. Garcia is a Democrat , but was elected without a party affiliation, as municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.
Incumbent Bob Foster was term limited .
Results [ edit ] First round [ edit ] First round results[1] Candidate Votes % Robert Garcia 11,873 25.24% Damon Dunn 10,637 22.61% Bonnie Lowenthal 9,227 19.62% Gerrie Schipske 7,192 15.29% Doug Otto 6,363 13.53% Jana Shields 1,017 2.16% Steven Paul Mozena 230 0.49% Eric Rock 205 0.44% Mineo L. Gonzalez 185 0.39% Richard Anthony Camp 107 0.23% Total votes 47,036 100.0%
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