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In time for the 1911 election the Illinois legislature passed a law which scheduled Chicago mayoral party primaries for the last Tuesday of February. [6] On June 26, 1913, Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi River to grant women's suffrage. [7] 1915 was the first Chicago mayoral election to be held following this change. [8]
Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death.
The 2023 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 28, 2023, to elect the mayor of Chicago, Illinois.
The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city ...
The election saw the election of Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, who had served since April 16, 1979, faced a primary challenge from Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley and from U.S. Congressman Harold Washington. Washington defeated Byrne and Daley in the Democratic primary in ...
The Chicago mayoral election of 1977 was a special election held on June 7, 1977, to complete the remainder of the unexpired mayoral term of Richard J. Daley who died of a heart attack in December 1976. The election saw Interim Mayor Michael A. Bilandic win the election. Bliandic defeated Republican city council member Dennis H. Block by a ...
Daley won a plurality in each of Chicago's fifty wards, and obtained an absolute majority in forty-nine. [24] Daley even beat Brown by a broad margin in her home ward, the city's 8th ward. [15] Voter turnout increased slightly from the previous election, but was still the second-lowest turnout in a Chicago mayoral election.
Turnout in the primary was among the greatest in Chicago mayoral history. [4] By some reports, turnout was 839,443, which was 58.97% of Chicago's 1,423,476 voters. [4] Turnout exceeded the average mayoral primary election turnout in the years since 1955 by more than 10 percentage points. [4] Byrne was a first-time candidate for elected office. [6]