Appearing on the ballot for the Ward 5 Ann Arbor City Council general election on Nov. 3, 2013 was one candidate: incumbent Democrat Mike Anglin. Two write-in candidates had officially registered as such with the city clerk's office: Chip Smith and Thomas Partridge. Out of 3,116 votes cast, 2012 were for Anglin and 1,004 were for write-in candidates. It's likely that the vast majority of write-in votes were for Smith.
By precinct, the vote broke down as follows:
| Precinct | (D) Mike Anglin | Write-Ins |
| 1 | 38 | 22 |
| 2 | 198 | 171 |
| 3 | 136 | 64 |
| 4 & 5 | 461 | 230 |
| 6 | 229 | 82 |
| 7 | 59 | 9 |
| 8 | 151 | 61 |
| 9 | 255 | 119 |
| 10 | 220 | 74 |
| 11 | 365 | 172 |
