title: Electoral history of Richard M. Daley
text: # Electoral history of Richard M. Daley
  
  * This article is part of a series about Richard M. Daley
  
  Daley family
  
  Electoral history
  
  Tenure in Illinois State Senate
  
  Tenure as Cook County State's Attorney
  
  1980 election
  
  1984 election
  
  1988 election
  
  Mayoralty
  
  Elections
  
  1983 primary
  
  1989
  
  1991
  
  1995
  
  1999
  
  2003
  
  2007
  
  2002–03 renovation of Soldier Field
  
  2016 Summer Olympics bid
  
  Block 37
  
  Demolition and closure of Meigs Field
  
  Hired Truck Program
  
  Crisis management
  
  Establishment of CDFM
  
  Chicago flood
  
  1995 Chicago heat wave
  
  Events hosted by city
  
  1994 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony
  
  1996 DNC
  
  2006 Gay Games
  
  Law enforcement and crime
  
  Civil unrest
  
  Chicago Bulls Championship riots
  
  CPD
  
  CAPS
  
  CLEAR
  
  Operation Virtual Shield
  
  CPD torture allegations
  
  Graffiti Blasters
  
  Parks and recreation projects
  
  Chicago Riverwalk
  
  Navy Pier revamp
  
  Northernly Island
  
  Millennium Park
  
  Park Grill controversy
  
  Museum Campus
  
  Ping Tom Memorial Park
  
  Public schools
  
  Renaissance 2010
  
  Takeover of CPS control
  
  Transit
  
  Establishment of CDOT
  
  O'Hare Airport modernization and reconfiguration
  
  CTA Orange Line
  
  CTA Pink Line
  
  2003–04 Chicago Skyway rehab
  
  Unrealized transit proposals
  
  Clinton Street Subway
  
  Airport Express
  
  Mid-City Transitway
  
  Lake Calumet Airport
  
  Privatization of Midway Airport :
  
  vte :
  
  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.
  
  Daley began his electoral political career being elected to serve as a delegate to the 1969–1970 Illinois constitutional convention.
  
  ## Member of the 1969–70 Illinois Constitutional Convention
  
  1969 Member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention 23rd district primary :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 56,685 | 100 |
  
  1969 Member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention 23rd district general election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 67,410 | 100 |
  
  ## Illinois state senator
  
  ### 1972
  
  1972 Illinois State Senate 23rd district Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 41,349 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 41,349 | 100 |
  
  1972 Illinois State Senate 23rd district election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 53,315 | 74.12 |
  | | Republican | Robert A. Urbanek | 18,615 | 25.88 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,930 | 100 |
  
  ### 1976
  
  1976 Illinois State Senate 23rd district Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 36,291 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,291 | 100 |
  
  1976 Illinois State Senate 23rd district election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 53,615 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 53,615 | 100 |
  
  ### 1978
  
  1978 Illinois State Senate 23rd district Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 30,541 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 30,541 | 100 |
  
  1978 Illinois State Senate 23rd district election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 46,652 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,652 | 100 |
  
  ## Cook County State's Attorney
  
  ### 1980
  
  1980 Cook County State’s Attorney Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 436,089 | 62.63 |
  | | Democratic | Edward M. Burke | 260,266 | 37.38 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 696,355 | 100 |
  
  1980 Cook County State's Attorney election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley | 1,058,529 | 50.39 |
  | | Republican | Bernard Carey (incumbent) | 1,042,287 | 49.61 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,100,816 | 100 |
  
  ### 1984
  
  1984 Cook County State's Attorney Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 629,743 | 63.85 |
  | | Democratic | Lawrence S. Bloom | 356,381 | 36.14 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 986,124 | 100 |
  
  1984 Cook County State's Attorney election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 1,418,775 | 65.98 |
  | | Republican | Richard J. Brzeczek | 731,634 | 34.02 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,100,816 | 100 |
  
  ### 1988
  
  1988 Cook County State's Attorney Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 641,789 | 100 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 641,789 | 100 |
  
  1988 Cook County State's Attorney election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 1,303,906 | 66.70 |
  | | Republican | Terrance W. Gainer | 650,942 | 33.30 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,954,848 | 100 |
  
  ## Mayor of Chicago
  
  ### 1983
  
  1983 Chicago mayoral Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 1,169,723 | 100 |
  
  ### 1989 special
  
  1989 Chicago mayoral special election Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 872,110 | 100.00 |
  
  1989 Chicago mayoral special election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 1,040,538 | 100 |
  
  ### 1991
  
  1991 Chicago mayoral Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 587,923 | 100 |
  
  1991 Chicago mayoral election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 637,885 | 100 |
  
  ### 1995
  
  1995 Chicago mayoral Democratic primary :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 529,163 | 100 |
  
  1995 Chicago mayoral election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 598,218 | 100 |
  
  ### 1999
  
  1999 Chicago mayoral election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nonpartisan | Richard M. Daley (incumbent) | 428,872 | 71.89 |
  | | Nonpartisan | Bobby Rush | 167,709 | 28.11 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 596,581 | 100 |
  
  ### 2003
  
  2003 Chicago mayoral election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 463,335 | 100 |
  
  ### 2007
  
  2007 Chicago mayoral election :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 456,787 | 100 |
  