The following is the electoral history of Richard M. Daley, an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Cook County State's Attorney, and Illinois state senator.
Daley was the longest-serving mayor of Chicago, serving 22 years with five full terms, plus a partial term.[1]
Daley began his electoral political career being elected to serve as a delegate to the 1969–1970 Illinois constitutional convention.[2][3]
Member of the 1969–70 Illinois Constitutional Convention edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley | 24,436 | 43.11 | |
Nonpartisan | Leonard F. Misk | 20,714 | 36.54 | |
Nonpartisan | John P. Tully | 4,027 | 7.10 | |
Nonpartisan | Robert A. Urbanek | 3,311 | 5.84 | |
Nonpartisan | George E. Esch | 2,001 | 3.53 | |
Nonpartisan | Howard J. Doyle | 1,305 | 2.30 | |
Nonpartisan | Stephen J. Winbush | 821 | 1.45 | |
Write-in | Others | 70 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 56,685 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley | 30,265 | 44.90 | |
Nonpartisan | Leonard F. Misk | 27,410 | 40.66 | |
Nonpartisan | John P. Tully | 5,275 | 7.83 | |
Nonpartisan | Robert A. Urbanek | 4,459 | 6.62 | |
Write-in | Others | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 67,410 | 100 |
Illinois state senator edit
1972 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 41,349 | 100 | |
Total votes | 41,349 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 53,315 | 74.12 | |
Republican | Robert A. Urbanek | 18,615 | 25.88 | |
Total votes | 71,930 | 100 |
1976 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 36,291 | 100 | |
Total votes | 36,291 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 53,615 | 100 | |
Total votes | 53,615 | 100 |
1978 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 30,541 | 100 | |
Total votes | 30,541 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 46,652 | 100 | |
Total votes | 46,652 | 100 |
Cook County State's Attorney edit
1980 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 436,089 | 62.63 | |
Democratic | Edward M. Burke | 260,266 | 37.38 | |
Total votes | 696,355 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 1,058,529 | 50.39 | |
Republican | Bernard Carey (incumbent) | 1,042,287 | 49.61 | |
Total votes | 2,100,816 | 100 |
1984 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 629,743 | 63.85 | |
Democratic | Lawrence S. Bloom | 356,381 | 36.14 | |
Total votes | 986,124 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 1,418,775 | 65.98 | |
Republican | Richard J. Brzeczek | 731,634 | 34.02 | |
Total votes | 2,100,816 | 100 |
1988 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 641,789 | 100 | |
Total votes | 641,789 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 1,303,906 | 66.70 | |
Republican | Terrance W. Gainer | 650,942 | 33.30 | |
Total votes | 1,954,848 | 100 |
Mayor of Chicago edit
1983 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harold Washington | 424,324 | 36.28 | |
Democratic | Jane Byrne (incumbent) | 393,500 | 33.64 | |
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 346,835 | 29.65 | |
Democratic | Frank R. Ranallo | 2,367 | 0.20 | |
Democratic | William Markowski | 1,412 | 0.12 | |
Democratic | Sheila Jones | 1,285 | 0.08 | |
Total votes | 1,169,723 | 100 |
1989 special edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 485,182 | 55.63 | |
Democratic | Eugene Sawyer (incumbent) | 383,535 | 43.98 | |
Democratic | James C. Taylor | 2,233 | 0.26 | |
Democratic | Sheila A. Jones | 1,160 | 0.13 | |
Total votes | 872,110 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 576,620 | 55.42 | |
Harold Washington | Timothy C. Evans | 427,954 | 41.13 | |
Republican | Edward Vrdolyak | 35,964 | 3.46 | |
Total votes | 1,040,538 | 100 |
1991 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 408,418 | 69.47 | |
Democratic | Danny K. Davis | 199,408 | 33.92 | |
Democratic | Jane M. Byrne | 38,216 | 6.50 | |
Democratic | Sheila A. Jones | 2,146 | 0.37 | |
Total votes | 587,923 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 450,581 | 70.64 | |
Harold Washington | R. Eugene Pincham | 160,302 | 25.13 | |
Republican | George S. Gottlieb | 23,421 | 3.67 | |
Socialist Workers | James Warren | 3,581 | 0.56 | |
Total votes | 637,885 | 100 |
1995 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 348,153 | 65.79 | |
Democratic | Joseph E. Gardner | 174,943 | 33.06 | |
Democratic | Sheila A. Jones | 6,067 | 1.15 | |
Total votes | 529,163 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 359,466 | 60.09 | |
Independent | Roland W. Burris | 217,024 | 36.28 | |
Republican | Raymond Wardingley | 16,568 | 2.77 | |
Harold Washington | Lawrence C. Redmond | 5,160 | 0.86 | |
Total votes | 598,218 | 100 |
1999 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 428,872 | 71.89 | |
Nonpartisan | Bobby Rush | 167,709 | 28.11 | |
Total votes | 596,581 | 100 |
2003 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 363,553 | 78.46 | |
Nonpartisan | Paul L. Jakes Jr. | 64,941 | 14.02 | |
Nonpartisan | Patricia McAllister | 27,350 | 5.90 | |
Nonpartisan | Joseph McAfee | 7,488 | 1.62 | |
Write-in | Others | 3 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 463,335 | 100 |
2007 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 324,519 | 71.05 | |
Nonpartisan | Dorothy A. Brown | 91,878 | 20.12 | |
Nonpartisan | William Walls | 40,368 | 8.84 | |
Write-in | Others | 22 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 456,787 | 100 |
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