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Date Type Results
Apr 04, 2023 General Election
  Brandon Johnson
319,481
52.16% 		  Paul Vallas
293,033
47.84%
Apr 02, 2019 General Election
  Lori Lightfoot
386,039
73.70% 		  Toni Preckwinkle
137,765
26.30%
Apr 07, 2015 General Election
  Rahm Emanuel(I)
332,171
56.23% 		  Jesús G. "Chuy" García
258,562
43.77%
Feb 22, 2011 General Election
  Rahm Emanuel
326,331
55.19% 		  Gery Chico
141,228
23.88% 		  Miguel Del Valle
54,689
9.25% 		  Carol Moseley Braun
53,062
8.97% 		  Patricia Van Pelt
9,704
1.64% 		  William "Dock" Walls, III
5,343
0.90% 		  Write-In (W)
895
0.15%
   Tom "Tommy" Hanson (W)
9
0.00% 		  John Hawkins (W)
8
0.00% 		  Fred K. White (W)
6
0.00% 		  Alfredo Castillo (W)
4
0.00% 		  John Hu (W)
4
0.00% 		  Alex "AG" George (W)
3
0.00%
   Anthony Brent "Tony" Gray (W)
0
0.00% 		  Peter Dale Kauss (W)
0
0.00% 		  D'Anne E. Burley (W)
0
0.00%
Feb 27, 2007 General Election
  Richard M. Daley(I)
324,519
71.04% 		  Dorothy Brown
91,878
20.11% 		  William "Dock" Walls, III
40,368
8.84% 		  Ina Pinkney (W)
20
0.00% 		  Ernest "Ernie" Mailhot (W)
1
0.00% 		  Ziff Anthony Sistrunk (W)
1
0.00%
Feb 25, 2003 General Election
  Richard M. Daley(I)
363,553
78.46% 		  Paul Jakes
64,941
14.02% 		  Patricia McAllister
27,350
5.90% 		  Joseph McAfee, Jr.
7,488
1.62% 		  Johnnie H. Barnes (W)
2
0.00% 		  Joel Britton (W)
1
0.00%
Feb 23, 1999 General Election
  Richard M. Daley(I)
429,746
71.91% 		  Bobby Rush
167,845
28.09%
Apr 04, 1995 General Election
  Richard M. Daley(I)
360,372
60.12% 		  Roland Burris
217,315
36.25% 		  Raymond G. Wardingley
16,592
2.77% 		  Lawrence Redmond
5,165
0.86%
Apr 02, 1991 General Election
  Richard M. Daley(I)
450,581
70.64% 		  R. Eugene Pincham
160,302
25.13% 		  George Gottlieb
23,421
3.67% 		  James "Mac" Warren
3,581
0.56%
Apr 04, 1989 Special Election
  Richard M. Daley
577,141
55.43% 		  Timothy Evans
428,105
41.11% 		  Edward R. "Ed" Vrdolyak
35,998
3.46%
Dec 02, 1987 Appointment
  Eugene Sawyer
29
59.18% 		  Timothy Evans
19
38.78% 		  No Preference
1
2.04%
Apr 07, 1987 General Election
  Harold Washington(I)
600,290
53.77% 		  Edward R. "Ed" Vrdolyak
468,493
41.96% 		  Donald H. Haider
47,652
4.27%
Apr 12, 1983 General Election
  Harold Washington
668,176
51.72% 		  Bernard Epton
619,926
47.99% 		  Eddie L. Warren
3,756
0.29%
Apr 03, 1979 General Election
  Jane Byrne
700,874
82.05% 		  Wallace D. Johnson
137,664
16.12% 		  Cleve Andrew Pulley
15,625
1.83%
Jun 07, 1977 General Election
  Michael A. "Mike" Bilandic(I)
490,688
77.39% 		  Dennis H. Block
135,282
21.34% 		  Dennis Brasky
5,546
0.87% 		  Gerald Rose
2,497
0.39%
Dec 28, 1976 Appointment
  Michael A. "Mike" Bilandic
45
93.75% 		  Reject
2
4.17% 		  Abstaining
1
2.08%
Apr 01, 1975 General Election
  Richard J. Daley(I)
542,817
77.67% 		  John J. Hoellen, Jr.
139,335
19.94% 		  Willie Mae Reid
16,693
2.39%
Apr 06, 1971 General Election
  Richard J. Daley(I)
740,137
70.08% 		  Richard Friedman
315,969
29.92%
Apr 04, 1967 General Election
  Richard J. Daley(I)
792,238
73.04% 		  John L. Waner
272,542
25.13% 		  Dick Gregory (W)
19,480
1.80% 		  Lawrence "Lar" Daly (W)
467
0.04%
Apr 02, 1963 General Election
  Richard J. Daley(I)
679,497
55.69% 		  Benjamin S. Adamowski
540,705
44.31%
Apr 07, 1959 General Election
  Richard J. Daley(I)
778,612
71.40% 		  Timothy P. Sheehan
311,940
28.60%
Apr 05, 1955 General Election
  Richard J. Daley
708,660
54.93% 		  Robert E. Merriam
581,461
45.07%
Apr 07, 1951 General Election
  Martin Kennelly(I)
697,871
56.14% 		  Robert L. Hunter
545,326
43.86%
Apr 01, 1947 General Election
  Martin Kennelly
919,593
58.73% 		  Russell Root
646,239
41.27%
Apr 05, 1943 General Election
  Edward J. Kelly(I)
685,567
54.53% 		  George McKibbin
571,547
45.47%
Apr 05, 1939 General Election
  Edward J. Kelly(I)
822,469
56.12% 		  Dwight H. Green
638,068
43.54% 		  Arthur P. Reilly
4,907
0.33%
Apr 05, 1935 General Election
  Edward J. Kelly(I)
798,150
75.84% 		  Emil C. Wetten
166,571
15.83% 		  Newton Jenkins
87,726
8.34%
Apr 13, 1933 Appointment
  Edward J. Kelly
47
100.00%
Mar 14, 1933 Appointment
  Frank Corr
33
100.00%
Apr 05, 1931 General Election
  Anton J. Cermak
671,189
58.46% 		  William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson(I)
476,922
41.54%
Apr 05, 1927 General Election
  William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson
515,716
51.58% 		  William E. Dever(I)
432,678
43.28% 		  John Dill Robertson
51,347
5.14%
Apr 05, 1923 General Election
  William E. Dever
390,413
56.61% 		  Arthur C. Lueder
258,094
37.42% 		  William A. Cunnea
41,186
5.97%
Apr 05, 1919 General Election
  William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson(I)
259,828
37.61% 		  Robert M. Sweitzer
238,206
34.48% 		  Maclay Hoyne
110,851
16.05% 		  John Fitzpatrick
55,990
8.11% 		  John Collins
24,079
3.49% 		  Adolph S. Carm
1,848
0.27%
Apr 16, 1915 General Election
  William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson
398,538
58.78% 		  Robert M. Sweitzer
251,061
37.03% 		  Seymour Stedman
24,452
3.61% 		  John H. Hill
3,974
0.59%
Apr 05, 1911 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Jr.
177,997
48.53% 		  Charles Edward Merriam
160,672
43.80% 		  William E. Rodriguez
24,825
6.77% 		  Others
3,297
0.90%
Apr 05, 1907 General Election
  Fred A. Busse
164,702
49.03% 		  Edward F. Dunne(I)
151,779
45.18% 		  George Koop
13,429
4.00% 		  William A. Brubaker
6,020
1.79%
Apr 04, 1905 General Election
  Edward F. Dunne
163,189
49.74% 		  John Maynard Harlan
138,548
42.23% 		  John Collins
23,034
7.02% 		  Oliver W. Stewart
3,294
1.00%
Apr 07, 1903 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Jr.(I)
146,323
47.27% 		  Graeme Stewart
138,485
44.74% 		  Charles L. Breckon
11,207
3.62% 		  Daniel L. Cruice
9,989
3.23% 		  Thomas Lewis Haines
2,480
0.80% 		  Henry Sale
1,062
0.34%
Apr 03, 1901 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Jr.(I)
156,952
52.92% 		  Elbridge Hanecy
128,695
43.39% 		  John Collins
4,713
1.59% 		  Avery E. Hoyt
2,804
0.95% 		  Gus Hoyt
1,844
0.62% 		  Thomas Rhodus
950
0.32% 		  John Raymond Pepin
638
0.22%
   Others
0
0.00%
Apr 04, 1899 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Jr.(I)
148,496
48.58% 		  Zina R. Carter
107,437
35.15% 		  John Peter Altgeld
47,169
15.43% 		  August Klenkie
1,175
0.38% 		  J. A. Wadhams
1,023
0.33% 		  Thomas G. Kerwin
367
0.12%
Apr 04, 1897 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Jr.
148,880
50.23% 		  John Maynard Harlan
69,730
23.53% 		  Nathaniel C. Sears
59,542
20.09% 		  Washington Hesing
14,780
4.99% 		  John Glambeck
1,231
0.42% 		  H. L. Parmelee
910
0.31% 		  J. Irving Pearce, Jr.
561
0.19%
   Frank Howard Collier
115
0.04%
Apr 02, 1895 General Election
  George Bell Swift
143,884
55.09% 		  Frank Wenter
103,125
39.48% 		  Bayard Holmes
12,882
4.93% 		  Arthur J. Bassett
991
0.38% 		  Ebenezer Wakely
297
0.11%
Dec 19, 1893 Special Election
  John Patrick Hopkins
112,959
49.71% 		  George Bell Swift(I)
111,669
49.14% 		  Michael Britzius
2,064
0.91% 		  Ebenezer Wakely
535
0.24%
Apr 04, 1893 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.
114,237
54.03% 		  Samuel W. Allerton
93,148
44.06% 		  DeWitt Clinton Cregier
3,033
1.43% 		  Henry Ehrenpreis
1,000
0.47%
Apr 04, 1891 General Election
  Hempstead Washburne
46,957
28.83% 		  DeWitt Clinton Cregier(I)
46,558
28.59% 		  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.
42,931
26.36% 		  Elmer Washburn
24,027
14.75% 		  Thomas J. Morgan
2,376
1.46%
Apr 04, 1889 General Election
  DeWitt Clinton Cregier
57,340
55.46% 		  John A. Roche(I)
45,328
43.84% 		  Ira J. Mason
411
0.40% 		  Charles Orchardson
304
0.29%
Apr 04, 1887 General Election
  John A. Roche
51,249
68.23% 		  Robert S. Nelson
23,490
31.27% 		  Joseph L. Whitlock
376
0.50%
Apr 04, 1885 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.(I)
43,352
50.09% 		  Sidney Smith
42,977
49.66% 		  William Bush
221
0.26%
Apr 04, 1883 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.(I)
41,226
57.11% 		  Eugene Cary
30,963
42.89%
Apr 04, 1881 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.(I)
35,668
55.22% 		  John Clark
27,925
43.23% 		  Timothy O'Mara
764
1.18% 		  George A. Schilling
240
0.37%
Apr 04, 1879 General Election
  Carter H. Harrison, Sr.
25,685
44.28% 		  Abner Wright
20,496
35.33% 		  Ernest Schmidt
11,829
20.39%
Apr 04, 1877 General Election
  Monroe Heath(I)
30,881
61.36% 		  Perry H. Smith
19,449
38.64%
Apr 04, 1876 General Election
  Monroe Heath
19,248
63.90% 		  Mark Kimball
7,509
24.93% 		  J. J. McGrath
3,363
11.17%
Apr 04, 1873 General Election
  Harvey Doolittle Colvin
28,791
60.83% 		  Lester Legrant Bond(I)
18,540
39.17%
Apr 04, 1871 General Election
  Joseph E. Medill
16,125
72.92% 		  Charles C. P. Holden
5,988
27.08%
Apr 04, 1869 General Election
  Roswell B. Mason
19,826
63.47% 		  George W. Gage
11,410
36.53%
Apr 04, 1867 General Election
  John B. Rice(I)
11,904
59.89% 		  Francis Sherman
7,971
40.11%
Apr 04, 1865 General Election
  John B. Rice
11,078
66.42% 		  Francis Sherman(I)
5,600
33.58%
Apr 04, 1862 General Election
  Francis Sherman
7,437
54.32% 		  Charles C. P. Holden
6,254
45.68%
Apr 04, 1861 General Election
  Julian S. Rumsey
8,274
55.62% 		  Thomas B. Bryan
6,601
44.38%
Apr 04, 1860 General Election
  John Wentworth
9,998
53.36% 		  Walter S. Gurnee
8,739
46.64%
Apr 04, 1859 General Election
  John C. Haines(I)
8,587
52.63% 		  Marcus G. Gilman
7,728
47.37%
Apr 04, 1858 General Election
  John C. Haines
8,642
53.60% 		  Daniel Brainard
7,481
46.40%
Apr 04, 1857 General Election
  John Wentworth
5,933
55.06% 		  Benjamin F. Carver
4,842
44.94%
Apr 04, 1856 General Election
  Thomas Dyer
4,712
53.33% 		  Francis Sherman
4,123
46.67%
Apr 04, 1855 General Election
  Levi D. Boone
3,186
52.86% 		  Isaac Lawrence Milliken(I)
2,841
47.14%
Apr 04, 1854 General Election
  Isaac Lawrence Milliken
3,800
59.79% 		  Amos G. Throop
2,556
40.21%
Apr 04, 1853 General Election
  Charles McNeill Gray
3,270
77.10% 		  Josiah L. James
971
22.90%
Apr 04, 1852 General Election
  Walter S. Gurnee(I)
1,749
39.27% 		  James Curtiss
1,294
29.05% 		  Amos G. Throop
1,142
25.64% 		  Peter Page
269
6.04%
Apr 04, 1851 General Election
  Walter S. Gurnee
2,032
46.70% 		  Eli B. Williams
1,092
25.10% 		  James Curtiss(I)
1,001
23.01% 		  Edward K. Rogers
226
5.19%
Apr 04, 1850 General Election
  James Curtiss
1,697
45.51% 		  Levi D. Boone
1,227
32.90% 		  Lewis C. Kerchival
805
21.59%
Apr 04, 1849 General Election
  James H. Woodworth(I)
2,668
80.02% 		  Timothy Wait
399
11.97% 		  Lewis C. Kerchival
245
7.35% 		  S. D. Childs
22
0.66%
Apr 04, 1848 General Election
  James H. Woodworth
1,971
59.15% 		  James Curtiss(I)
1,361
40.85%
Apr 04, 1847 General Election
  James Curtiss
1,281
46.77% 		  Philo Carpenter
1,220
44.54% 		  John H. Kinzie
238
8.69%
Apr 04, 1846 General Election
  John P. Chapin
1,104
55.20% 		  Charles Follansbee
667
33.35% 		  Philo Carpenter
229
11.45%
Apr 04, 1845 General Election
  Augustus Garrett
1,072
50.66% 		  John H. Kinzie
913
43.15% 		  Henry Smith
131
6.19%
Apr 04, 1844 General Election
  Alson Smith Sherman
837
50.51% 		  Augustus Garrett(I)
694
41.88% 		  Henry Smith
126
7.60%
Apr 04, 1843 General Election
  Augustus Garrett
671
61.17% 		  Thomas Church
381
34.73% 		  Henry Smith
45
4.10%
Apr 04, 1842 General Election
  Benjamin Wright Raymond
490
50.26% 		  Augustus Garrett
432
44.31% 		  Henry Smith
53
5.44%
Apr 04, 1841 General Election
  Francis Sherman
460
52.33% 		  Isaac R. Gavin
419
47.67%
Apr 04, 1840 General Election
  Alexander Loyd
582
57.91% 		  Benjamin Wright Raymond(I)
423
42.09%
Apr 04, 1839 General Election
  Benjamin Wright Raymond
353
62.48% 		  James Curtiss
212
37.52%
Apr 04, 1838 General Election
  Buckner Stithe Morris
377
54.24% 		  William Jones
318
45.76%
Apr 04, 1837 General Election
  William Butler Ogden
489
69.26% 		  John H. Kinzie
217
30.74%

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