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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.
[3] [4] Daley had nearly $6 million in funds, while Brown had less than $200,000 and Walls had less than $10,000. [3] Daley's fundraising advantage allowed him to run a three-week long barrage of television advertisements in advance of the election. [15] Daley made use of Democratic organizations in the city's wards to run his field operations. [3]
The Chicago mayoral election of 2003 saw incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley easily reelected against small and divided opposition, resulting in his best electoral showing of his career, winning by a landslide 64 point margin.
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]
In 1983, he was widely viewed merely as the son of the former mayor Richard J. Daley. [3] In 1987, he had crafted an image of a strong public administrator. [ 3 ] Daley's campaign was run by two young consultants that had previously worked on Paul Simon 's 1984 United States Senate campaign, David Wilhelm and David Axelrod . [ 3 ]
In 1968, in the midst Democratic convention riots, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley famously declared, “The policeman isn’t there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.” ...
A three-way race emerged between Byrne, congressman Harold Washington, and Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley (the son of former mayor Richard J. Daley). Byrne secured support for her re-nomination from 33 of the city's aldermen. [6] Two months ahead of the primary, the city's Democratic Party organization endorsed her. [7]
Daley's campaign was managed by his brother William M. Daley. [7] Burke aligned himself with Chicago mayor Jane Byrne, and was endorsed by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee. [3] [4] Burke ran at Byrne's urging, as she wanted to prevent Daley from becoming State's Attorney, since she saw him as a likely mayoral challenger in 1983. [8] [9]