1999 Chicago mayoral election Turnout 41.9%[1] pp
Candidate
Richard M. Daley Bobby Rush
Popular vote
428,872
167,709
Percentage
71.89%
28.11%
Mayor before electionRichard M. Daley
Elected Mayor Richard M. Daley
The Chicago mayoral election of 1999Richard 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]
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]
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Results [ ] Daley won a majority of the vote in 33 of the city's 50 wards.[6] [6]
Results by ward[6]
Ward
Richard M. Daley
Bobby L. Rush
Total
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
1
6,622 81.7% 1,482
18.3%
8,104
2
5,856 51.1% 5,595
48.9%
11,451
3
3,186
36.8%
5,480 63.2% 8,666
4
5,527
45.0%
6,754 55.0% 12,281
5
5,737
46.6%
6,580 53.4% 12,317
6
6,530
41.1%
9,372 58.9% 15,902
7
5,280
43.6%
6,840 56.4% 12,120
8
7,706
44.2%
9,728 55.8% 17,434
9
4,925
38.5%
7,869 61.5% 12,794
10
11,969 87.8% 1,664
12.2%
13,633
11
14,502 96.1% 582
3.9%
15,084
12
4,639 91.7% 420
8.3%
5,059
13
19,512 96.8% 642
3.2%
20,154
14
9,789 94.7% 552
5.3%
10,341
15
4,464
44.0%
5,671 56.0% 10,135
16
3,123
43.0%
4,132 57.0% 7,255
17
4,547
41.2%
6,480 58.8% 11,027
18
9,505 55.1% 7,731
44.9%
17,236
19
18,322 87.0% 2,744
13.0%
21,066
20
3,910
38.8%
6,157 61.2% 10,067
21
6,712
40.0%
10,088 60.0% 16,800
22
4,851 74.6% 1,650
25.4%
6,501
23
18,123 96.0% 752
4.0%
18,875
24
3,956
41.7%
5,539 58.3% 9,495
25
5,978 88.4% 788
11.6%
6,766
26
6,744 84.8% 1,212
15.2%
7,956
27
6,301 57.5% 4,659
42.5%
10,960
28
3,464
37.9%
5,678 62.1% 9,142
29
5,870
48.6%
6,213 51.4% 12,083
30
9,071 94.2% 557
5.8%
9,628
31
7,617 91.6% 696
8.4%
8,313
32
11,411 90.6% 1,178
9.4%
12,589
33
8,958 93.0% 676
7.0%
9,634
34
6,430
43.5%
8,365 56.5% 14,795
35
7,149 86.1% 1,157
13.9%
8,306
36
14,333 93.4% 1,016
6.6%
15,349
37
4,567
44.0%
5,813 56.0% 10,380
38
13,550 96.2% 532
3.8%
14,082
39
11,407 93.9% 744
6.1%
12,151
40
8,169 89.7% 940
10.3%
9,109
41
18,091 95.3% 892
4.7%
18,983
42
13,578 90.5% 1,421
9.5%
14,999
43
9,841 91.1% 962
8.9%
10,803
44
9,992 91.4% 939
8.6%
10,931
45
15,766 96.1% 645
3.9%
16,411
46
9,381 78.6% 2,550
21.4%
11,931
47
9,581 90.5% 1,007
9.5%
10,588
48
8,254 81.4% 1,887
18.6%
10,141
49
4,980 71.6% 1,974
28.4%
6,954
50
9,096 92.8% 704
7.2%
9,800
Total
428,872 71.9% 167,709
28.1%
596,581
References [ ]
^ Denvir, Daniel (May 22, 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way" . City Lab (The Atlantic). Retrieved 11 December 2018 . ^ a b "Election Results for 1999 General Election, Mayor, Chicago, Illinois" . Chicago Democracy. Retrieved 4 July 2013 .^ Chicago's Long-Running Daley Show Ken Rudin February 21, 2007 ^ https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/Electoral-Board/document_2404.PDF ^ https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/Electoral-Board/document_2489.pdf ^ a b c "Election Results for 1999 General Election, Mayor, Chicago, Illinois" . Chicago Democracy Project.
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