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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]
The 2023 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 28, 2023, to elect the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. ... Updates on reimplementing the Graph extension, ...
The 2023 Chicago elections took place in two rounds on February 28, 2023, and April 4, 2023. Elections were held for Mayor of Chicago , City Clerk of Chicago , City Treasurer of Chicago , all 50 members of the Chicago City Council , and 66 members of the newly created police District Councils.
Richard M. Daley is the fourth of seven children and eldest son of Richard J. and Eleanor Daley, who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955.Born on April 24, 1942, [2] he grew up in Bridgeport, a historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's South Side.
An election for mayor of Chicago is scheduled to be held on February 23, 2027. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 6, 2027. [ 1 ] Incumbent mayor Brandon Johnson is eligible to run for a second term in office, as there are no term limits for the office.
Lightfoot won the runoff election on April 2, 2019, becoming mayor-elect of Chicago. [13] She won more than 73% of the overall vote in the runoff, winning in all 50 wards of the city. [69] Lightfoot won all but 20 of the city's 2,069 voting precincts. [70] Voter turnout was 32.89%, almost a record low. [71]
Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. [1] Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor in April 1983.
Raymond G. Wardingley (February 13, 1935 – October 29, 2024) was an American perennial candidate who many times, unsuccessfully, sought office in Chicago, Illinois.He is most famous for having been the Republican nominee in the 1995 Chicago mayoral election, and for having previously performed as a clown under the name "Spanky the Clown".