Long Beach, California , held an election for mayor on April 8, 2014 and June 2, 2014. It saw the election of Robert Garcia .
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%
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 .
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%