The city of Chicago, Illinois held a nonpartisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor. This was the first election since 1947 in which an incumbent mayor of Chicago did not seek reelection.
The Chicago mayoral election of 2007 saw incumbent mayor Richard M. Daley won a landslide victory, garnering a 51-point margin of victory.
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. This was the first officially nonpartisan Chicago mayoral election, per a 1995 Illinois law.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1995 resulted in the re-election of Democratic Party nominee incumbent Richard M. Daley over independent candidate Roland Burris, with 359,466 votes to Burris's 217,024. Daley won 60.1% of the total vote, winning by a landslide 24-point margin. The Republican candidate, Raymond Wardingley, fared poorly, with only 2.8% of the vote. The fourth nominee, Lawrence Redmond of the Harold Washington Party, won 0.9% of the votes. This was the last election for Mayor of Chicago where candidates ran under party labels.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1991 resulted in the re-election of incumbent Democrat Richard M. Daley to his first full-term. Daley had previously been elected to serve the remainder of Harold Washington's unexpired term in a special election held following Washington's death in office.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1989 saw Democratic nominee Richard M. Daley win election to the remainder of an unexpired mayoral term with a 14% margin of victory. This marked a return for the Daley family to the office of mayor. Daley was elected over Alderman Timothy Evans, the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party, and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1987 was first the primary election on February 24, 1987 followed by the general election on April 7, 1987. The election saw the re-election of Chicago, Illinois' first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Ed Vrdolyak, the leader of the Vrdolyak 29, unsuccessfully opposed him, running on Solidarity ticket. Former mayor Jane Byrne, who served from 1979 until 1983 unsuccessfully challenged Washington in the Democratic primary.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1979 Democrat Jane Byrne defeated Republican Wallace Johnson by a landslide 66% margin of victory, winning more than 82% of the vote and becoming Chicago's first female mayor.
An election for Mayor of Chicago was held on February 26, 2019. The election is officially nonpartisan; the winner will be elected to a four-year term. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019 between the two candidates with the most votes. The elections are concurrent with the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections that will elect all 50 members of the Chicago City Council, as well as with elections for City Clerk of Chicago and City Treasurer of Chicago.
Chicago has held regularly-scheduled popular elections to select the city's mayor ever since it was incorporated as a city in 1837.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1971 Richard J. Daley was elected to a fifth term as mayor, defeating Republican Richard Friedman by a landslide 40% margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1967 Richard J. Daley was elected to a fourth term as mayor. His main opponent was Republican nominee John L. Warner by a landslide 48% margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1959 Richard J. Daley was elected to a second term as mayor by a landslide margin of more-than 40%.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1955 Richard J. Daley was elected to his first term as mayor by a ten point margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1935 incumbent Edward J. Kelly defeated Republican Emil C. Wetten and independent candidate Newton Jenkins by a landslide 60% margin of victory
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1939 incumbent Edward J. Kelly was reelected by a double-digit margin of victory.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1911 Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. was elected to his fifth non-consecutive term as mayor, tying the then-record set by his father Carter Harrison Sr. for the most Chicago mayoral election victories. Harrison defeated Republican Charles E. Merriam and Socialist William E. Rodriguez.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1947 Democrat Martin H. Kennelly defeated Republican Russell Root by a more-than 17% margin of victory.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1951 Democrat Martin H. Kennelly was reelected, defeating Republican Robert L. Hunter by a double-digit margin.
