1999 Chicago mayoral election

The Chicago mayoral election of 1999, which took place on February 23, 1999, resulted in the re-election of incumbent Richard M. Daley over Bobby Rush, with 428,872 votes to Rush's 167,709. Daley garnered a landslide 71.9% of the total vote, winning by a 44-point margin.[2] This was the first officially nonpartisan Chicago mayoral election, per a 1995 Illinois law.

1999 Chicago mayoral election

February 23, 1999
Turnout41.9%[1] Decrease 0.35 pp
 
Candidate Richard M. Daley Bobby Rush
Popular vote 429,746 167,845
Percentage 71.91% 28.09%

Mayor before election

Richard M. Daley

Elected Mayor

Richard M. Daley

As was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.[3]

Joe Banks Jr. was denied inclusion on the ballot due to issues regarding the filing of his nomination papers.[4][5]

Endorsements

Results

Mayor of Chicago 1999[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Richard M. Daley (incumbent) 429,746 71.91
Nonpartisan Bobby L. Rush 167,845 28.09
Turnout 597,591

Daley won a majority of the vote in 33 of the city's 50 wards.[7] Rush won a majority of the vote in the remaining 17 wards.[7]

Results by ward[7]

References


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