# 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
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1983 primary
1989
1991
1995
1999
2003
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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 |