Mayoral election in the United States
2013 Atlantic City mayoral election
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The2013 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 mayorLorenzo Langford was seeking reelection to a second term. Langford was defeated by RepublicanDon 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 followingSuperstorm Sandy.[2]
