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2019 Chicago mayoral election

January 25, 2023

The 2019 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 26, 2019 to determine the next Mayor of the City of Chicago, Illinois. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held on April 2, 2019, between the two candidates with the most votes, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle.[5] Lightfoot defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff election to become Mayor,[6] and was sworn in as mayor on May 20, 2019.[7]

2019 Chicago mayoral election
← 2015 February 26, 2019 (first round)
April 2, 2019 (runoff)		 2023 →
Turnout35.20% 5.78 pp[1][2] (first round)
32.89% 2.31 pp[3][4] (second round)
 
Candidate Lori Lightfoot Toni Preckwinkle Bill Daley
First round 97,667
17.54% 		89,343
16.04% 		82,294
14.78%
Runoff 386,039
73.70% 		137,765
26.30% 		Eliminated
 
Candidate Willie Wilson Susana Mendoza Amara Enyia
First round 59,072
10.61% 		50,373
9.05% 		44,589
8.00%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
 
Candidate Jerry Joyce Gery Chico Paul Vallas
First round 40,099
7.20% 		34,521
6.20% 		30,236
5.43%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated
Second round results by ward:
Lightfoot:      54–59%      59–64%      64–69%      69–74%      74–79%      79–84%      84–88%
Mayor before election

Rahm Emanuel

 Elected Mayor

Lori Lightfoot

The election was officially non-partisan, with its winner being elected to a four-year term. The elections were part of the 2019 Chicago elections, which included elections for City Council, City Clerk, and City Treasurer.

Incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel initially announced he would run for a third term but withdrew in September 2018.[8] Emanuel was first elected in 2011 (winning in the first round with 55.19% of the vote) and re-elected in 2015 (receiving 55.7% of the vote in the runoff election).

The runoff was historic, as it assured Chicago would elect its first African-American female mayor, its second elected African-American Mayor, after Harold Washington, and its second female mayor, after Jane Byrne.[9] Not only is Lightfoot the first African-American woman mayor in Chicago's history, but she is also the first openly LGBT person to lead Chicago. Lightfoot's election made Chicago the largest city won by an African American woman, as well as the largest by an openly LGBT person, in United States history.[10][11]

Campaign

First round

Incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel declared his intent to seek re-election on October 17, 2017.[12] One month later, Troy LaRaviere became the first opponent to declare their intent to run against Emanuel.[13]

Later, in 2018, more opponents would declare their intent to run against Emanuel, with Garry McCarthy and Willie Wilson doing so in March,[14][15] Dorothy A. Brown Cook, Ja'Mal Green, and Neal Sáles-Griffin doing so in April,[16][17] Lori Lightfoot, John Kozlar, and Paul Vallas doing so in May,[18][19] Matthew Rooney doing so in June,[20] and Amara Enyia and Jerry Joyce doing so in August.[21][22] By the end of the Summer of 2018, a dozen individuals had declared their candidacies.[23]

On September 4, 2018, Emanuel announced that he would no longer be seeking re-election.[24] Emanuel's announcement shook up the race, with many new candidates declaring their candidacies for mayor in the weeks that followed.[25]

In late November, much of the media coverage on the race showed Toni Preckwinkle and Susana Mendoza (both of whom had entered the race after Emanuel bowed out) to be considered its two frontrunners.[26][27][28]

The race for mayor was upended by Alderman Ed Burke's corruption scandal. Mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle, Susana Mendoza, Gery Chico, and Bill Daley all had connections to the disgraced alderman, and the scandal encouraged an anti-corruption and anti-machine politics sentiment among voters.[29][30][31]

A number of issues were debated by the candidates throughout the campaign. One of the major issues was pensions, as the city's annual pensions contribution had been projected to double between 2018 and 2023.[32] Another issue was education, where sub-issues included school closings that had taken place under the Emanuel administration and the possibility of reforming the school-board selection method.[32] Another issue was crime.[32] Particularly in light of cases such as the murder of Laquan McDonald, issues regarding practices by the city's law enforcement were also discussed by candidates.[32] Another issue was the use of tax increment financing by the city.[32] Affordable housing was another issue debated.[32] Ethics reforms were also debated.[32] Taxes were another issue debated, with some candidates advocating for a commuter tax and some candidates advocating for a property tax freeze.[33]

After ballot challenges were settled, a total of fourteen candidates were included on the ballot for the first round of the election. This is the most candidates that have ever been on the ballot in the history of Chicago mayoral elections.[34][35][36]

The first round of the election was considered highly competitive to the end, with a number of candidates shown by polls to be viable contenders to potentially advance to the run off. For example, a poll conducted February 11–13 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. for the media outlets Telemundo/NBC 5 Chicago illustrated what the outlets described as a tight five-way race between (in alphabetical order) Chico, Daley, Lightfoot, Mendoza, and Preckwinkle.[37] On February 24, The Wall Street Journal described the race's polling as showing six candidates with the possibility of making the runoff, with the five strongest contenders being described as (in alphabetical order) Chico, Daley, Lightfoot, Mendoza, and Preckwinkle.[38] Also on February 24, Chicago magazine wrote that it considered six individuals to have a chance of making the runoff, with those individuals being (in alphabetical order) Chico, Daley, Lightfoot, Mendoza, Preckwinkle, and Wilson.[39]

In the first round, Lori Lightfoot placed first and Toni Preckwinkle placed second, securing them both a spot in the runoff election.

Lightfoot's first-place finish in the first round was regarded to be an upset.[40][41][42] She was seen as a long-shot when she first entered the race.[25] In late-January, Lightfoot's support in publicly released polls had only ranged between 2% and 5%.[43][44][45][46] Despite her low poll numbers in January, Lightfoot had persisted in her campaign, performing well in debates and running some ads on television.[40] She won the endorsement of the Chicago Sun-Times.[40] She also garnered new personal endorsements, including those of the Scott Waguespack, David Orr, and Robin Kelly, of whom the Chicago Sun-Times' Mark Brown would later write in exploring the contributing factors to Lightfoot's first-round victory, "none of them heavyweights but influential enough to point the way for progressive voters looking for some sign, any sign, of how to pick their way through the thicket of candidates."[40] While Lightfoot rose to the top of some polls near the end of the race, she had peaked in support so late in the race that none of the other candidates had been focused on running negative ads against her.[40] Lightfoot also was seen as ultimately benefiting from the Burke corruption scandal, as she was running as a "political outsider" on an anti-corruption platform.[25][47][48] Preckwinkle's allies had also, accidentally, provided Lightfoot with free media attention on two noteworthy occasions. The first incident occurred February 18, when one of Lightfoot's press conferences was crashed by Preckwinkle ally Robert Martwick, with whom Lightfoot got into a heated exchange.[49] The second incident where Preckwinkle's camp generated free headlines for Lightfoot was when, days before the first round of the election, her campaign manager, Scott Cisek, published a Facebook post likening Lightfoot to a Nazi, leading to his firing by the Preckwinkle campaign.[50]

In Chicago, ethnic/racial coalitions had often played a key role in elections. As such, many of the candidates were seen as targeting different groups with their campaigns.[48] Hispanic candidates Gery Chico and Susana Mendoza were seen as vying for the Hispanic vote.[48] Toni Preckwinkle and Willie Wilson were seen as targeting the black vote.[48][51] Bill Daley was seen as targeting the white vote.[48] Lightfoot was seen as breaking the rules of traditional Chicago politics by not basing her candidacy on seeking the support of particular ethnic/racial groups.[48]

Runoff

Throughout the runoff, Lightfoot led Preckwinkle in polls.

For the runoff, Lightfoot received endorsements from seven of the twelve candidates that had been eliminated in the first round (Gery Chico, Jerry Joyce, John Kozlar, Susana Mendoza, Neal Sales-Griffin, Paul Vallas, and Willie Wilson). Preckwinkle, in contrast, received no endorsements from any candidates that had been eliminated in the first round.[52]

In what was considered a "sweep" of the city's major publications,[53] retaining her endorsement from the Chicago Sun-Times,[54] for the runoff, Lightfoot also received the endorsements of the Chicago Tribune[55] and Crain's Chicago Business[56] (both of which had endorsed Bill Daley in the first round).[57][58]

Both Lightfoot and Preckwinkle positioned themselves as self-declared, "progressives".[59] In a November 2019 retrospective, however, Edward McClelland of Chicago magazine wrote, "Lightfoot didn’t run as a progressive. She ran as a reformer, the political outsider who promised to quash the Chicago Way, as exemplified by Alderman Ed Burke and all the mayoral candidates who took his money. (Lightfoot's opponent, Toni Preckwinkle, ran as a progressive, but not a reformer.)"[60]

In the runoff, Preckwinkle highlighted her depth of government experience and sought to emphasize a contrast with Lightfoot's lack of experience in elected office.[61] Lightfoot criticized Preckwinkle's connections with controversial figures such as Ed Burke and Joseph Berrios.[61]

The two candidates differed on rent control, with Preckwinkle seeking the repeal of a state law prohibiting local governments from imposing rent control, while Lightfoot did not advocate for rent control in Chicago.[62] The candidates differed on prospective term limits, with Preckwinkle opposing them, and Lightfoot advocating limiting both mayoral tenures and City Council committee chairmanships to two terms.[62] Preckwinkle sought to create a ban on aldermen holding outside jobs, while Lightfoot differed, instead preferring to only ban them from holding outside jobs that pose conflicts of interest with official their duties.[62] Preckwinkle wanted the power to draw ward maps to remain in the hands of the City Council, while Lightfoot wanted a non-partisan and independent process to be created for redistricting.[62] Preckwinkle defended retaining the practice of "aldermanic prerogative", while Lightfoot sought to bring an end to the practice.[62] The candidates also differed on whether they would retain incumbent Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Eddie T. Johnson, with Preckwinkle having stating that she planned to immediately dismiss Johnson of his post, while Lightfoot stated that she planned to retain him at least through the summer of 2019.[61]

Lightfoot ultimately won a landslide victory in the runoff.

Candidates

In order to be listed on the ballot, candidates were required to submit petitions between November 19 and 26.[63][64]

 
Mayoral candidates at a forum at the Copernicus Center in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood, December 2018

Any certified candidate (those whose petitions had been certified by the Board of Elections) may have had their nomination papers challenged up until December 1.[64] Those candidates with properly-filed challenges against their petitions would have their candidature subjected to hearings and procedures which would assess the validity of their petitions.[64] If any candidate failed to file a statement of economic interests within five days of having their petition certified, then their certification would be revoked.[64]

The deadline to file a notarized declaration of intent to be a write–in candidate was December 27, 2018.[64][65] An exception to the December 27 deadline for write-in candidates to file their declaration of intent existed for circumstances in which a candidate lost their certification after the December 27 deadline due to the outcome of a challenge to their petitions (candidates in this circumstance were granted until February 19 to file a notarized declaration of intent to run as a write-in candidate).[64]

Certified candidates (those whose petitions had been certified by the Board of Elections) were permitted to have their name removed from the ballot if they officially withdrew any time before December 20, 2018.[64][65] Even if they informally withdrew by ceasing to campaign, all certified candidates that did not file to formally withdraw before the December 20 deadline would have their names listed on the ballot regardless of whether they were still active contenders.[65] However, after December 20 candidates still may have filed to officially withdraw, an action which would have instructed the Board of Elections to deem all votes cast for the candidates as invalid when tallying votes.[64]

Due to the time needed to complete process of reviewing nearly 200 challenges to candidate petitions in the mayoral race and other municipal elections, the start of the early voting period for the first round had been delayed to January 29 from its previously scheduled January 17 date.[66][67][68]

The total of fourteen candidates on the February mayoral ballot is record-setting for Chicago mayoral elections.[34][35][36]

Candidates who advanced to runoff

Candidate Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates advanced to the runoff election held on April 2 [69][70]
 
Lori Lightfoot 		Former President of the Chicago Police Board 2015–2018

Chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force

May 10, 2018
 
(Website) 		[71][13][72][73][74]
 
Toni Preckwinkle 		President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2010
Former Alderman from the 4th ward 1991–2010 		September 20, 2018
 
(Website January 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[63][72][75][76]

Candidates eliminated in the first round

Candidate Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates were eliminated in the first round, and did not advance to the runoff election
 
Gery Chico 		Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education 2011–2015
President of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners 2007–2010
President of the Chicago Board of Education 1995–2001 		September 17, 2018
 
(Website January 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[69][77][78][79][80][81]
 
Bill Daley 		White House Chief of Staff 2011–2012
United States Secretary of Commerce 1997–2000 		September 14, 2018
 
() 		[69][82][83][84][85]
 
Amara Enyia 		Director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce August 28, 2018
 
(Website) 		[71][72][86][21][87]
 
Bob Fioretti 		Former Alderman from the 2nd Ward 2007–2015 November 26, 2018
 
(Website January 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[88][89][90][91][92]
 
La Shawn Ford 		Member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 2007 November 12, 2018
 
(Website) 		[93][94][95][96][97][98]
 
Jerry Joyce 		Former Assistant State's Attorney August 29, 2018
 
(Website January 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[63][72][22]
 
John Kozlar 		Candidate for Alderman from the 11th Ward in 2011 and 2015 May 30, 2018
 
(Website August 12, 2020, at the Wayback Machine) 		[71][99]
 
Garry McCarthy 		Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department 2011–2015 March 21, 2018
 
(Website) 		[69][77][100][101]
 
Susana Mendoza 		Illinois Comptroller since 2016
City Clerk of Chicago 2011–2016
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives 2001–2011 		November 14, 2018
 
(Website) 		[71][72][102][103][104]
 
Neal Sáles-Griffin 		CEO of CodeNow March 11, 2018
 
(Website January 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[71][17][105]
 
Paul Vallas 		Former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools 1995–2001 March 28, 2018
 
(Website) 		[63][18][106]
 
Willie Wilson 		Businessman
Owner of Omar Medical Supplies 		March 29, 2018
 
(Website January 17, 2019, at the Wayback Machine) 		[63][14]

Write-in candidates

A full list of eligible write-ins was made available to precincts on election day.[107]

Petitions rejected

The following candidates had been denied inclusion on the ballot following successful challenges to their petitions:[69][70][125]

Withdrew

The following individuals are previously declared candidates who had terminated their candidacies. Unless otherwise indicated, these individuals did not submit petitions:

Declined

The following are prospective and speculative candidates that declined to run:

Endorsements

First round

Gery Chico
Local officeholders
Bill Daley
Officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
  • Plumbers Local Union 130[186]
Amara Enyia
Officeholders
Individuals
Organizations
Bob Fioretti
Individuals
La Shawn Ford
Organizations
  • West Side Elected Officials Group[191]
Jerry Joyce
Officeholders
Individuals
Lori Lightfoot
Officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Garry McCarthy
Officeholders
Individuals
  • Andrew Holmes, community anti-violence activist[209]
Susana Mendoza
State officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Toni Preckwinkle
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Members of Congress
State officeholders
Local officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Paul Vallas
Individuals
Organizations
Willie Wilson
Officeholders
Individuals
  • Tom Vail, Local civil rights activist, former Evergreen Park Library Board Trustee[citation needed]
Organizations

Runoff

Lori Lightfoot
Members of Congress
State officeholders
Local officeholders
Individuals
  • Rev. Ira Acree[260]
  • Dr. Timuel D. Black, Jr., professor, historian, and civil rights activist[274]
  • George Blakemore,[275] candidate for 3rd District Cook County Commissioner in 2018[276]
  • Leslie Bluhm, philanthropist[277]
  • Meredith Bluhm-Wolf, philanthropist[255][277]
  • William Calloway,[278] activist, Illinois House of Representatives candidate in 2018, Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019
  • John Canning Jr., businessman[181][279]
  • Paula Crown[277]
  • Mary Dempsey, President of DePaul College Prep[277]
  • Anne Edwards[277]
  • Paul Finnegan businessman[277]
  • Ja'Mal Green, activist and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019[280]
  • Craig Duchossois, businessman and chairman of the Duchossois Group[279][281]
  • Linda Friedman, attorney[277]
  • Ra Joy, candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2018[198]
  • Jerry Joyce, former Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019[282]
  • John Kozlar, Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2015, Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019[283]
  • Marianne Lalonde, 46th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019[199]
  • Marc Loveless, civil rights activist and politician[284]
  • Abby McCormick O'Neil, McCormick family member[277]
  • Father Michael Pfleger, Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and social activist[285]
  • Laura Ricketts, Chicago Cubs co-owner[286]
  • Don Rose, activist[200]
  • Andrew Rowlas, 50th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019[199]
  • Neal Sales-Griffin, entrepreneur and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019[287]
  • Katie Sieracki, 33rd Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019[199]
  • Che "Rhymefest" Smith, musician, philanthropist, and Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2011[288][289]
  • Gloria Steinem, Feminist activist and journalist[263]
  • Dale Taylor, businessman[277]
  • Bishop Larry Trotter, Senior Pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church[290]
  • Willie Wilson, businessman, Chicago mayoral candidate in 2015 and 2019, presidential candidate in 2016[291][292][293]
Newspapers
Organizations
Toni Preckwinkle
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Members of Congress
State officeholders
Local officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations

Fundraising

First round

Campaign finance reports as of February 25, 2019
Candidate Total receipts
Bill Daley $8,746,398.81
Toni Preckwinkle $4,621,770.23
Gery Chico $3,043,467.45
Jerry Joyce $2,796,317.32
Susana Mendoza $2,788,787.02
Lori Lightfoot $1,620,123.65
Willie Wilson $1,619,088.16
Garry McCarthy $1,391,426.80
Paul Vallas $1,128,992.78
Robert Fioretti $716,729.31
Amara Enyia $654,771.31
Neal Sales-Griffin $153,781.73
LaShawn Ford $96,907.58
John Kozlar $1,014.00
[336]

Runoff

Note that following totals include the amount raised in both rounds of the election

Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2019
Candidate Total receipts
Toni Preckwinkle $7,114,662.62
Lori Lightfoot $5,773,302.07
[337]

Polling

First round

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Dorothy
Brown Cook 		Gery
Chico 		Bill
Daley 		Amara
Enyia 		Bob
Fioretti 		La Shawn
Ford 		Jerry
Joyce 		John
Kozlar 		Lori
Lightfoot 		Garry
McCarthy 		Susana
Mendoza 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Neal
Sales-Griffin 		Paul
Vallas 		Willie
Wilson 		Undecided Other
Change Research[338] February 22–23, 2019 706 ±3.7% – 9% 14% 4% 2% 1% 8% 0% 14% 5% 10% 14% 1% 6% 9% – –
L2T Research & Survey (Vallas)[339] February 21, 2019 8,700 – – – 10.16% – – – – – – – 6.29% 8.64% – 10.75% – 64.17% –
Joyce campaign-sponsored poll[340] February 14–15, 2019 – – – 11% 11% – – – 10% – 18% – 11% 14% – – 12% – –
Independent poll[341] February 12–14, 2019 – – – 14% 15% – – – – – 14% – 10% 12% – – – – –
Mason Dixon[342] February 11–13, 2019 – ±4.0% – 9% 13% 7% 1% 1% 4% 0% 10% 3% 12% 14% 1% 2% 4% 19% –
Ogden & Fry[343] February 9, 2019 716 ±3.74% – 7.1% 11.9% – – – – – – – 5.7% 16.1% – – 13.3% 25.6% 20.4%
Tulchin Research[344] February 6–10, 2019 – – – 5% 10% 8% – 1% – – 9% 5% 10% 21% – 7% 11% 13% –
Campaign-sponsored poll[345] – – – – 11% 14% 7% – – – – 7% – 7% 16% – – – – –
Victory Research[43] January 26–29, 2019 801 ±3.46% – 8.4% 13.9% 2.0% 6.1% 1.1% 1.0% 0.5% 4.1% 5.1% 12.4% 11.5% 0.0% 5.6% 12.2% 16.1% –
We Ask America[44][45] January 21–23, 2019 644 ±3.5% 4̶.̶7̶%̶ 9.3% 12.1% 3.1% 0.9% 1.2% 0.9% 0.6% 2.8% 3.7% 8.7% 12.7% 0.0% 4.3% 9% – –
David Binder Research[46] January 19–21, 2019 500 ±4.4% – 4% 9% 5% – – – – 5% 4% 9% 15% – 4% 6% 34% –
Global Strategy Group[346][347] (Mendoza) January 10–15, 2019 600 ±4.0% – – 9% – – – – – – – 11% 11% – – – – –
David Binder Research[46] December 12–16, 2018 500 ±4.4% – 1% 10% 6% – – – – 5% 6% 11% 24% – 7% 6% 19% –
Lake Research Partners[348] December 11–16, 2018 600 ±4.0% 4% 5% 10% 7% 1% 1% – – 5% 7% 12% 18% – 6% 6% 19% –
Tulchin Research[349] December 10–16, 2018 600 ±4.0% – 3% 10% 6% – 2% – – 3% 8% 12% 22% – 10% 7% 19% –
ALG Research[350][351][352] December, 4–9, 2018 600 – 6% 3% 9% 5% – – – – 4% 7% 16% 21% – 6% 8% – –
4% 4% 12% 4% – – – – 3% 6% 20% 22% – – 7% – –
Global Strategy Group[353][354] November 8–11, 2018 – ±4.0% – – 16% – – – – – – 8% 24% 19% – 7% 9% – –
– – 9% – – – – – – 7% 13% 15% – 6% 8% – –

Runoff

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Lori
Lightfoot 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Undecided
Temkin/Harris with Normington, Petts & Associates[362][363][364] March 18–20, 2019 500 ±4.4% 53% 17% 29%
Jason McGrath (Lightfoot)[297] February 28 – March 3, 2019 799 ±3.5% 59% 29% –
FM3[365][366][367][368] February 27–28, 2019 400 ±4.9% 58% 30% 12%
Change Research[338] February 22–23, 2019 706 ±3.7% 42% 25% –
Ward poll(s)

The following are runoff polls limited to voters in a single ward:

Ward Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Lori
Lightfoot 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Undecided
2nd Poll for Brian K. Hopkins aldermanic campaign[369] Mid-March 2019 68% 20% –

Hypothetical runoff polling

Dorothy Brown Cook vs. Rahm Emanuel
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Dorothy
Brown Cook 		Rahm
Emanuel 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling[358] August 2018 722 ±7.0% 26% 43% 31%
Gery Chico vs. Susana Mendoza
with Gery Chico and Susana Mendoza
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Gery
Chico 		Susana
Mendoza
ALG Research[350] December 4–9, 2018 600 – 23% 58%
Bill Daley vs. Lori Lightfoot
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Daley 		Lori
Lightfoot 		Undecided
Change Research[338] February 22–23, 2019 706 ±3.7% 35% 40% 25%
Bill Daley vs. Susana Mendoza
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Daley 		Susana
Mendoza
ALG Research[350] December 4–9, 2018 600 – 29% 56%
32% 56%
Global Strategy Group[358] November 8–11, 2018 600 ±4.0% 29% 47%
21% 55%
Bill Daley vs. Toni Preckwinkle
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Daley 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Undecided
Change Research[338] February 22–23, 2019 706 ±3.7% 39% 32% –
We Ask America[370] January 10–15, 2019 644 ±4.0% 40.1% 38.2% 21.7%
Tulchin Research[349] December 10–16, 2018 600 ±4.0% 31% 49% 20%
ALG Research[350] December 4–9, 2018 600 – 32% 51%
– 34% 50%
Susana Mendoza v. Gery McCarthy
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Susana
Mendoza 		Garry
McCarthy 		Undecided
We Ask America[370] January 10–15, 2019 644 ±4.0% 54% 24.2% 21.7%
Susana Mendoza vs. Toni Preckwinkle
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Susana
Mendoza 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Undecided
We Ask America[370] January 10–15, 2019 644 ±4.0% 43.5% 35.1% 21.4%
Global Strategy Group[346] January 10–15, 2019 600 ±4.0% 43% 30%
Tulchin Research[349] December 10–16, 2018 600 ±4.0% 39% 42% 19%
ALG Research[350][351][352] December 4–9, 2018 600 – 45% 39%
44% 44% 12%
Global Strategy Group[358] November 8–11, 2018 600 ±4.0% 47% 35%
39% 34%
Rahm Emanuel vs. Lori Lightfoot
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Rahm
Emanuel 		Lori
Lightfoot 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling[358] August 2018 722 38% 33% 20%
Jason McGrath (Lightfoot) [361] July 7–9, 2018 800 ±0% 40% 50% –
Rahm Emanuel vs. Garry McCarthy
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Rahm
Emanuel 		Garry
McCarthy 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling[358] August 2018 722 38% 37% 25%
Rahm Emanuel vs. Paul Vallas
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Rahm
Emanuel 		Paul
Vallas 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling[358] August 2018 722 33% 39% 28%
Global Strategy Group[359] July 22–29, 2018 600 ±4% 44% 37% –

Other polling

If Rahm Emanuel were running for re-election, would you vote for him?
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Yes No Undecided
Temkin/Harris with Normington, Petts & Associates[362][363][364] March 18–20, 2019 500 ±4.4% 25% 63% 12%

Results

First round

2019 Chicago mayoral election results (first round)
Non-partisan election[1][2]
Candidate Votes %
Lori Lightfoot 97,667 17.54
Toni Preckwinkle 89,343 16.04
William M. Daley 82,294 14.78
Willie L. Wilson 59,072 10.61
Susana A. Mendoza 50,373 9.05
Amara Enyia 44,589 8.01
Jerry Joyce 40,099 7.20
Gery Chico 34,521 6.20
Paul Vallas 30,236 5.43
Garry McCarthy 14,784 2.65
La Shawn K. Ford 5,606 1.01
Robert "Bob" Fioretti 4,302 0.77
John Kenneth Kozlar 2,349 0.42
Neal Sales-Griffin 1,523 0.27
Roger L. Washington write-in 47 0.01
Tamara McCullough AKA Tamar Manasseh write-in 11 0.00
Catherine Brown D'Tycoon write-in 7 0.00
Stephen Hodge write-in 7 0.00
J'Mal Green write-in 6 0.00
Daniel Fein write-in 3 0.00
Ryan Friedman write-in 2 0.00
Richard Benedict Mayers write-in 2 0.00
Robert A. Palmer write-in 1 0.00
Total votes 556,844

Results by ward

 
First round results by ward

Seven candidates each had pluralities in at least one of the city's fifty wards.[2][371][372][373][374]

Of the city's eighteen wards that are predominantly black, Wilson carried a plurality of the vote in thirteen (Wards 6, 7, 9, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29, 34, and 37) with Preckwinkle carrying a plurality of the vote in the remaining five (Wards 3, 4, 5, 8, and 27).[375] In the combined vote of the city's predominately black wards, Wilson placed first, Preckwinkle placed second, Lightfoot placed third, Daley placed fourth, and Enyia placed fifth.[375]

  Chico   Daley   Joyce   Lightfoot   Mendoza   Preckwinkle   Wilson

Results by ward[2]
Ward Chico Daley Enyia Fioretti Ford Joyce Kolzar Lightfoot McCarthy Mendoza Preckwinkle Sales-Griffin Vallas Wilson Total
votes 		Turnout
%
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
 
1 637 5.12% 1,617 13.01% 1,749 14.07% 101 0.81% 78 0.63% 427 3.43% 84 0.68% 3,198 25.73% 229 1.84% 1,338 10.76% 2,020 16.25% 46 0.37% 556 4.47% 351 2.82% 12,431 33.72%
2 612 4.47% 3,871 28.27% 875 6.39% 90 0.66% 64 0.47% 522 3.81% 76 0.55% 3,088 22.55% 408 2.98% 1,014 7.40% 1,630 11.90% 58 0.42% 1,025 7.49% 361 2.64% 13,694 34.24%
3 492 3.64% 1,808 13.36% 1,290 9.53% 166 1.23% 142 1.05% 396 2.93% 44 0.33% 2,457 18.16% 177 1.31% 668 4.94% 3,097 22.88% 45 0.33% 530 3.92% 2,221 16.41% 13,533 35.90%
4 361 2.51% 1,331 9.27% 1,600 11.14% 154 1.07% 180 1.25% 258 1.80% 34 0.24% 2,865 19.95% 130 0.91% 592 4.12% 4,520 31.47% 55 0.38% 415 2.89% 1,867 13.00% 14,362 39.82%
5 247 1.85% 1,094 8.19% 1,514 11.33% 54 0.40% 144 1.08% 195 1.46% 14 0.10% 2,804 20.99% 81 0.61% 414 3.10% 4,599 34.43% 51 0.38% 346 2.59% 1,802 13.49% 13,359 42.04%
6 257 2.48% 833 8.04% 965 9.31% 59 0.57% 200 1.93% 215 2.07% 8 0.08% 1,522 14.69% 74 0.71% 278 2.68% 2,611 25.20% 27 0.26% 218 2.10% 3,095 29.87% 10,362 31.70%
7 350 3.39% 904 8.76% 1,076 10.42% 59 0.57% 152 1.47% 193 1.87% 13 0.13% 1,492 14.45% 87 0.84% 448 4.34% 2,505 24.26% 43 0.42% 255 2.47% 2,748 26.62% 10,325 32.14%
8 368 2.67% 1,280 9.28% 1,457 10.57% 75 0.54% 245 1.78% 294 2.13% 14 0.10% 2,035 14.76% 86 0.62% 434 3.15% 3,639 26.39% 51 0.37% 307 2.23% 3,504 25.41% 13,789 36.80%
9 369 3.19% 1,042 9.01% 1,078 9.32% 85 0.74% 157 1.36% 256 2.21% 11 0.10% 1,641 14.19% 87 0.75% 352 3.04% 2,638 22.82% 40 0.35% 296 2.56% 3,510 30.36% 11,562 31.86%
10 1,952 23.07% 1,073 12.68% 346 4.09% 73 0.86% 28 0.33% 644 7.61% 31 0.37% 537 6.35% 519 6.13% 1,561 18.45% 583 6.89% 14 0.17% 544 6.43% 556 6.57% 8,461 31.47%
11 726 6.88% 3,808 36.10% 681 6.46% 65 0.62% 32 0.30% 998 9.46% 275 2.61% 1,210 11.47% 541 5.13% 660 6.26% 815 7.73% 15 0.14% 483 4.58% 239 2.27% 10,548 37.27%
12 887 15.02% 983 16.64% 466 7.89% 34 0.58% 26 0.44% 444 7.52% 43 0.73% 481 8.14% 231 3.91% 1,450 24.55% 498 8.43% 19 0.32% 191 3.23% 154 2.61% 5,907 28.97%
13 1,866 14.86% 2,078 16.54% 349 2.78% 114 0.91% 20 0.16% 2,634 20.97% 52 0.41% 609 4.85% 757 6.03% 2,481 19.75% 511 4.07% 17 0.14% 786 6.26% 287 2.28% 12,561 44.30%
14 1,271 17.46% 1,148 15.77% 358 4.92% 65 0.89% 7 0.10% 1,007 13.83% 34 0.47% 372 5.11% 389 5.34% 1,799 24.71% 352 4.84% 10 0.14% 336 4.62% 131 1.80% 7,279 34.19%
15 746 14.56% 589 11.49% 361 7.04% 25 0.49% 40 0.78% 278 5.42% 19 0.37% 342 6.67% 106 2.07% 1,122 21.89% 570 11.12% 13 0.25% 141 2.75% 773 15.08% 5,125 26.99%
16 268 4.72% 583 10.27% 421 7.42% 24 0.42% 93 1.64% 123 2.17% 17 0.30% 573 10.10% 57 1.00% 495 8.72% 1,098 19.35% 9 0.16% 119 2.10% 1,794 31.62% 5,674 22.80%
17 288 3.57% 742 9.20% 682 8.46% 34 0.42% 125 1.55% 170 2.11% 9 0.11% 946 11.73% 64 0.79% 372 4.61% 1,757 21.79% 22 0.27% 196 2.43% 2,656 32.94% 8,063 27.12%
18 731 6.02% 1,324 10.91% 954 7.86% 58 0.48% 171 1.41% 900 7.42% 22 0.18% 1,559 12.85% 257 2.12% 864 7.12% 2,227 18.35% 30 0.25% 573 4.72% 2,466 20.32% 12,136 35.84%
19 1,050 4.92% 2,180 10.21% 753 3.53% 80 0.37% 80 0.37% 9,296 43.55% 52 0.24% 1,809 8.48% 396 1.86% 791 3.71% 1,724 8.08% 32 0.15% 2,023 9.48% 1,078 5.05% 21,344 56.99%
20 217 2.83% 568 7.40% 836 10.90% 40 0.52% 135 1.76% 139 1.81% 11 0.14% 1,122 14.63% 51 0.66% 352 4.59% 1,780 23.20% 19 0.25% 154 2.01% 2,247 29.29% 7,671 29.59%
21 360 2.86% 1,045 8.29% 1,186 9.41% 67 0.53% 211 1.67% 295 2.34% 11 0.09% 1,713 13.59% 78 0.62% 407 3.23% 3,049 24.19% 46 0.37% 293 2.33% 3,841 30.48% 12,602 33.48%
22 683 13.80% 634 12.81% 362 7.31% 24 0.48% 47 0.95% 373 7.53% 21 0.42% 327 6.60% 141 2.85% 1,292 26.10% 583 11.78% 7 0.14% 112 2.26% 345 6.97% 4,951 24.38%
23 1,303 14.29% 1,489 16.33% 281 3.08% 65 0.71% 19 0.21% 2,031 22.27% 60 0.66% 499 5.47% 547 6.00% 1,574 17.26% 405 4.44% 10 0.11% 609 6.68% 228 2.50% 9,120 35.35%
24 152 2.34% 535 8.23% 558 8.58% 48 0.74% 219 3.37% 114 1.75% 6 0.09% 739 11.36% 58 0.89% 268 4.12% 1,378 21.19% 12 0.18% 100 1.54% 2,316 35.61% 6,503 24.19%
25 1,026 10.43% 1,353 13.75% 1,223 12.43% 94 0.96% 56 0.57% 525 5.34% 64 0.65% 1,613 16.39% 217 2.21% 1,436 14.59% 1,376 13.98% 34 0.35% 410 4.17% 413 4.20% 9,840 33.15%
26 732 8.22% 1,128 12.67% 1,098 12.33% 51 0.57% 65 0.73% 310 3.48% 24 0.27% 1,551 17.42% 217 2.44% 1,275 14.32% 1,594 17.91% 37 0.42% 322 3.62% 498 5.59% 8,902 30.55%
27 404 3.84% 1,545 14.69% 916 8.71% 211 2.01% 189 1.80% 288 2.74% 43 0.41% 1,772 16.85% 165 1.57% 651 6.19% 2,012 19.13% 41 0.39% 376 3.57% 1,905 18.11% 10,518 28.12%
28 301 3.59% 825 9.83% 711 8.47% 120 1.43% 306 3.65% 206 2.45% 21 0.25% 1,231 14.67% 93 1.11% 377 4.49% 1,463 17.43% 24 0.29% 265 3.16% 2,449 29.18% 8,392 25.38%
29 458 4.21% 1,253 11.52% 787 7.23% 111 1.02% 587 5.40% 402 3.70% 30 0.28% 1,447 13.30% 217 1.99% 688 6.32% 1,911 17.57% 9 0.08% 415 3.81% 2,564 23.57% 10,879 30.11%
30 744 9.91% 1,064 14.17% 610 8.12% 76 1.01% 27 0.36% 400 5.33% 60 0.80% 1,154 15.37% 341 4.54% 1,545 20.57% 885 11.78% 10 0.13% 357 4.75% 237 3.16% 7,510 29.20%
31 725 11.15% 1,033 15.88% 470 7.23% 54 0.83% 23 0.35% 324 4.98% 37 0.57% 820 12.61% 285 4.38% 1,482 22.78% 708 10.88% 13 0.20% 267 4.10% 264 4.06% 6,505 26.16%
32 615 4.59% 2,449 18.26% 1,398 10.43% 100 0.75% 69 0.51% 522 3.89% 80 0.60% 3,947 29.43% 268 2.00% 1,063 7.93% 1,822 13.59% 60 0.45% 812 6.06% 205 1.53% 13,410 35.99%
33 678 6.15% 1,407 12.77% 1,215 11.03% 82 0.74% 65 0.59% 443 4.02% 42 0.38% 2,768 25.13% 293 2.66% 1,463 13.28% 1,774 16.10% 37 0.34% 529 4.80% 220 2.00% 11,016 39.90%
34 330 2.79% 1,110 9.39% 1,053 8.91% 77 0.65% 198 1.67% 331 2.80% 6 0.05% 1,623 13.73% 97 0.82% 388 3.28% 2,716 22.97% 28 0.24% 278 2.35% 3,587 30.34% 11,822 31.91%
35 538 6.71% 881 10.99% 1,069 13.34% 60 0.75% 54 0.67% 276 3.44% 31 0.39% 1,788 22.31% 195 2.43% 1,142 14.25% 1,461 18.23% 23 0.29% 294 3.67% 201 2.51% 8,013 30.91%
36 672 11.53% 947 16.25% 258 4.43% 48 0.82% 25 0.43% 492 8.44% 54 0.93% 565 9.70% 277 4.75% 1,283 22.02% 508 8.72% 5 0.09% 421 7.23% 271 4.65% 5,826 23.75%
37 196 2.53% 758 9.77% 578 7.45% 53 0.68% 613 7.90% 132 1.70% 12 0.15% 843 10.87% 71 0.92% 372 4.80% 1,416 18.25% 17 0.22% 162 2.09% 2,535 32.68% 7,758 24.50%
38 1,151 10.46% 1,901 17.27% 320 2.91% 130 1.18% 26 0.24% 1,576 14.32% 74 0.67% 1,225 11.13% 724 6.58% 1,510 13.72% 806 7.32% 18 0.16% 1,175 10.68% 370 3.36% 11,006 33.01%
39 1,046 7.81% 2,548 19.03% 637 4.76% 114 0.85% 32 0.24% 1,243 9.28% 60 0.45% 2,387 17.83% 585 4.37% 1,288 9.62% 1,527 11.40% 37 0.28% 1,476 11.02% 411 3.07% 13,391 40.62%
40 688 5.11% 1,626 12.07% 1,340 9.94% 74 0.55% 64 0.47% 692 5.14% 49 0.36% 4,027 29.88% 311 2.31% 1,154 8.56% 2,274 16.88% 30 0.22% 864 6.41% 282 2.09% 13,475 41.96%
41 1,633 9.11% 3,393 18.93% 298 1.66% 209 1.17% 17 0.09% 3,653 20.38% 74 0.41% 1,594 8.89% 1,206 6.73% 1,546 8.63% 911 5.08% 31 0.17% 2,747 15.33% 612 3.41% 17,924 48.18%
42 707 5.16% 4,412 32.23% 566 4.13% 97 0.71% 52 0.38% 551 4.02% 85 0.62% 2,868 20.95% 565 4.13% 937 6.84% 1,502 10.97% 57 0.42% 987 7.21% 304 2.22% 13,690 31.42%
43 652 4.51% 4,489 31.02% 743 5.13% 90 0.62% 49 0.34% 530 3.66% 73 0.50% 3,365 23.25% 342 2.36% 995 6.88% 1,659 11.46% 48 0.33% 1,133 7.83% 304 2.10% 14,472 40.10%
44 709 4.62% 3,187 20.76% 1,171 7.63% 100 0.65% 70 0.46% 454 2.96% 80 0.52% 4,453 29.01% 349 2.27% 1,391 9.06% 2,132 13.89% 59 0.38% 961 6.26% 236 1.54% 15,352 40.26%
45 1,266 8.46% 2,402 16.05% 624 4.17% 185 1.24% 46 0.31% 1,870 12.50% 101 0.68% 2,313 15.46% 942 6.30% 1,624 10.85% 1,455 9.72% 20 0.13% 1,529 10.22% 585 3.91% 14,962 42.62%
46 610 4.32% 2,039 14.43% 1,503 10.64% 96 0.68% 87 0.62% 392 2.77% 73 0.52% 4,163 29.46% 289 2.05% 1,254 8.87% 2,426 17.17% 45 0.32% 674 4.77% 480 3.40% 14,131 40.78%
47 820 4.18% 2,865 14.60% 1,991 10.15% 120 0.61% 87 0.44% 736 3.75% 97 0.49% 6,216 31.68% 373 1.90% 1,624 8.28% 3,159 16.10% 49 0.25% 1,190 6.07% 293 1.49% 19,620 49.55%
48 571 3.71% 1,886 12.27% 1,491 9.70% 84 0.55% 75 0.49% 637 4.14% 52 0.34% 5,056 32.89% 297 1.93% 1,037 6.75% 3,046 19.81% 36 0.23% 675 4.39% 430 2.80% 15,373 44.97%
49 469 3.77% 1,147 9.23% 1,756 14.13% 85 0.68% 78 0.63% 384 3.09% 37 0.30% 3,328 26.79% 177 1.42% 1,067 8.59% 2,918 23.49% 44 0.35% 483 3.89% 451 3.63% 12,424 42.61%
50 587 6.39% 2,087 22.72% 565 6.15% 122 1.33% 31 0.34% 528 5.75% 29 0.32% 1,610 17.53% 337 3.67% 755 8.22% 1,293 14.08% 20 0.22% 826 8.99% 395 4.30% 9,185 32.85%

Runoff

2019 Chicago mayoral election results (runoff)[4][3]
Candidate Votes %
Lori Lightfoot 386,039 73.70%
Toni Preckwinkle 137,765 26.30%
Total votes 523,804

Results by ward

Lightfoot won all fifty of the city's wards.[4][376][377] Additionally, Lightfoot won 2,049 of the city's 2,069 voting precincts (all but twenty), a victory for Lightfoot in more than 99.03% of precincts.[378]

Results by ward[4]
Ward Lightfoot Preckwinkle Total votes Turnout %
Votes % Votes %
1 7,762 71.42% 3,106 28.58% 10,868 29.20%
2 10,430 80.89% 2,464 19.11% 12,894 32.09%
3 9,284 70.01% 3,977 29.99% 13,261 34.94%
4 8,663 59.72% 5,842 40.28% 14,505 39.94%
5 7,522 54.38% 6,311 45.62% 13,833 43.14%
6 7,549 66.88% 3,739 33.12% 11,288 34.31%
7 7,099 67.56% 3,409 32.44% 10,508 32.48%
8 9,327 65.99% 4,806 34.01% 14,133 37.56%
9 8,251 69.67% 3,592 30.33% 11,843 32.51%
10 5,281 81.67% 1,185 18.33% 6,466 23.93%
11 6,483 74.31% 2,241 25.69% 8,724 30.61%
12 3,061 74.35% 1,056 25.65% 4,117 20.05%
13 7,201 84.95% 1,276 15.05% 8,477 29.70%
14 3,853 81.87% 853 18.13% 4,706 21.90%
15 3,974 74.32% 1,373 25.68% 5,347 27.98%
16 4,085 69.77% 1,770 30.23% 5,855 23.39%
17 5,736 69.59% 2,507 30.41% 8,243 27.61%
18 8,439 73.38% 3,061 26.62% 11,500 33.82%
19 15,931 84.33% 2,961 15.67% 18,892 50.16%
20 5,110 65.81% 2,655 34.19% 7,765 20.56%
21 9,416 68.97% 4,237 31.03% 13,653 36.15%
22 2,820 75.20% 930 24.80% 3,750 18.40%
23 5,757 83.56% 1,133 16.44% 6,890 26.59%
24 4,576 69.49% 2,009 30.51% 6,585 24.21%
25 6,883 71.81% 2,702 28.19% 9,585 32.01%
26 4,867 66.22% 2,483 33.78% 7,350 25.05%
27 7,414 70.78% 3,061 29.22% 10,475 27.71%
28 6,004 71.81% 2,357 28.19% 8,361 25.04%
29 8,169 73.40% 2,961 26.60% 11,130 30.71%
30 5,790 73.67% 2,069 26.33% 7,859 30.33%
31 4,866 73.28% 1,774 26.72% 6,640 26.55%
32 10,027 78.91% 2,680 21.09% 12,707 33.87%
33 8,127 70.93% 3,330 29.07% 11,457 41.16%
34 8,304 68.78% 3,770 31.22% 12,074 32.41%
35 4,632 66.51% 2,332 33.49% 6,964 26.72%
36 4,557 81.96% 1,003 18.04% 5,560 22.51%
37 5,686 72.72% 2,133 27.28% 7,819 24.60%
38 8,498 83.87% 1,634 16.13% 10,132 30.25%
39 10,523 79.00% 2,798 21.00% 13,321 40.23%
40 9,954 71.55% 3,958 28.45% 13,912 43.05%
41 13,026 87.53% 1,856 12.47% 14,882 39.79%
42 11,086 84.32% 2,061 15.68% 13,147 29.95%
43 11,756 83.58% 2,309 16.42% 14,065 38.59%
44 10,904 80.47% 2,646 19.53% 13,550 35.20%
45 10,041 81.50% 2,279 18.50% 12,320 34.90%
46 10,400 73.06% 3,835 26.94% 14,235 40.69%
47 14,302 74.78% 4,824 25.22% 19,126 47.97%
48 10,452 70.27% 4,421 29.73% 14,873 43.26%
49 6,584 63.32% 3,814 36.68% 10,398 35.00%
50 5,577 71.88% 2,182 28.12% 7,759 27.57%

Voter turnout

First round

Turnout in the first round of the election was 35.20%.[1][2] The low turnout was attributed to poor youth turnout and a drop off in voter turnout from the 2018 midterms.[379][380][381]

The 35.32% turnout was higher than that of the first round of the 2015 election,[382] but was lower than that of the 2015 runoff.[383] Turnout was lower than in the previous open race in 2011.[384]

Turnout was reported to be lowest among the millennial age demographic, with a lower turnout among those under 35 than the previous lowest under-35 turnout in 2007.[385]

Runoff

Runoff turnout was 32.89%.[4][3]

Portrayal in media

The Steve James documentary series City So Real, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was later televised on National Geographic on October 28, 2020, centers on the mayoral election.[386][387][388][389][390]

Timeline

2017

  • June: The organization Take Charge Chicago (led by former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn) begins circulating petitions to place a referendum on the November 2018 ballot which, if approved by voters, would have prohibited Chicago mayors from serving more than two consecutive terms. If approved by voters, this would have prevented incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel from being eligible for re-election[391]
  • October 19: Rahm Emanuel declares his intention to seek re-election[12]
  • November 17: Troy LaRiviere announces candidacy[13]

2018

March
  • March 21: Garry McCarthy announces candidacy[15]
  • March 29: Willie Wilson announces candidacy[14]
April
  • April 19: Dorothy A. Brown Cook announces candidacy[16]
  • April 20: Ja'Mal Green announces candidacy[392]
  • April 22: Neal Sáles-Griffin announces candidacy[17]
May
  • May 2: Paul Vallas announces candidacy[18]
  • May 8: John Kozlar announces candidacy[19]
  • May 10: Lori Lightfoot announces candidacy[393]
August
  • August 6: Take Charge Chicago formally submits to the Chicago Board of Election its petition for a term-limits referendum question to be included on the November 2018 ballot[394]
  • August 24: Trudy Leong announces candidacy[395]
  • August 29: Amara Enyia[21] and Jerry Joyce[22] announce candidacies
  • August 31: Chicago Board of Elections rules that the term-limits referendum question petitioned by Take Charge Chicago had collected a sufficient number of valid signatures to preliminary qualify for inclusion on the November 2018 ballot[396]
September
  • September 4: Rahm Emanuel withdraws
  • September 11: Antoine Members[397] and Charles Minor[398] announce candidacies
  • September 12: Chicago Board of Elections rules that the term-limits referendum question petitioned by Take Charge Chicago is ineligible for inclusion on the November 2018 ballot due to improper phrasing[396][399][400]
  • September 17: William M. Daley announces candidacy[401]
  • September 18: Gery Chico[79] and William J. Kelly[402] announce candidacies
  • September 20: Toni Preckwinkle announces candidacy[403][404]
  • September 27: LaShawn Ford announces candidacy[405]
November
  • November 13: Troy LaRiviere withdraws
  • November 14: Susana Mendoza announces candidacy[102]
  • November 19: First day of petition filing
    • Catherine Brown D'Tycoon, Jerry Joyce, Toni Preckwinkle, and Paul Vallas file petitions[63][69]
  • November 23: Conrien Hykes Clark files petition[69]
  • November 26: Final day of petition filing[406]
    • Dorothy A. Brown Cook, Gery Chico, William M. Daley, Amara Enyia, Robert Fioretti, La Shawn K. Ford, Ja'Mal Green, John Kozlar, Lori Lightfoot, Sandra L. Mallory, Richard Mayers, Garry McCarthy, Susana Mendoza, Neal Sáles-Griffin, Roger L. Washington submit petitions[69]
    • William J. Kelly withdraws[134]
  • November 27: William "Dock" Walls withdraws[138]
December
  • December 3: Deadline for challenges to be filed[407]
    • Chico, Enyia, Fioretti, Joyce, Kozlar, Mallory, Preckwinkle, Vallas, and Wilson were not challenged, and were therefore certified as candidates and granted ballot status[69][408]
    • Challenges were filed against the petitions of Brown Cook, Brown D'Tycoon, Daley, Ford, Green, Hykes Clark, Lightfoot, Mayers, McCarthy, Mendoza, Sáles-Griffin, and Washington.[69][70]
  • December 20: Daley[409] and McCarthy[410] are both officially granted ballot status
  • December 27: Deadline to declare intent to run as a write-in candidates
    • Mendoza is officially granted ballot status[411]
    • The petitions of Hykes Clark,[125][412][413] Mallory,[125] and Mayers[125][413][414] are rejected, effectively removing these candidates' names from the ballot[70]
    • Ja'Mal Green files to withdraw his name from the ballot and instead run as a write-in[111][112][113]
  • December 31: Ja'Mal Green withdraws[109]

2019

January
  • January 2:
    • Lightfoot is officially granted ballot status[73]
    • The petitions of Brown D'Tycoon[108] and Washington[133] are rejected, effectively removing their names from the ballot[70]
  • January 12: Ford is officially granted ballot status[98]
  • January 22:
    • Sáles-Griffin is officially granted ballot status[415]
    • The petition of Brown Cook is rejected, effectively removing her name from the ballot[416]
  • January 29: Early voting begins for first round of election[67][68]
February
  • February 26: First round of election is held
March
  • March 15: Early voting begins for the runoff election[314][417]
April
  • April 2: Runoff election is held

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2019, chicago, mayoral, election, held, february, 2019, determine, next, mayor, city, chicago, illinois, since, candidate, received, majority, votes, runoff, election, held, april, 2019, between, candidates, with, most, votes, lori, lightfoot, toni, preckwinkl. The 2019 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 26 2019 to determine the next Mayor of the City of Chicago Illinois Since no candidate received a majority of votes a runoff election was held on April 2 2019 between the two candidates with the most votes Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle 5 Lightfoot defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff election to become Mayor 6 and was sworn in as mayor on May 20 2019 7 2019 Chicago mayoral election 2015 February 26 2019 first round April 2 2019 runoff 2023 Turnout35 20 5 78 pp 1 2 first round 32 89 2 31 pp 3 4 second round Candidate Lori Lightfoot Toni Preckwinkle Bill DaleyFirst round 97 66717 54 89 34316 04 82 29414 78 Runoff 386 03973 70 137 76526 30 Eliminated Candidate Willie Wilson Susana Mendoza Amara EnyiaFirst round 59 07210 61 50 3739 05 44 5898 00 Runoff Eliminated Eliminated Eliminated Candidate Jerry Joyce Gery Chico Paul VallasFirst round 40 0997 20 34 5216 20 30 2365 43 Runoff Eliminated Eliminated EliminatedSecond round results by ward Lightfoot 54 59 59 64 64 69 69 74 74 79 79 84 84 88 Mayor before electionRahm Emanuel Elected Mayor Lori LightfootThe election was officially non partisan with its winner being elected to a four year term The elections were part of the 2019 Chicago elections which included elections for City Council City Clerk and City Treasurer Incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel initially announced he would run for a third term but withdrew in September 2018 8 Emanuel was first elected in 2011 winning in the first round with 55 19 of the vote and re elected in 2015 receiving 55 7 of the vote in the runoff election The runoff was historic as it assured Chicago would elect its first African American female mayor its second elected African American Mayor after Harold Washington and its second female mayor after Jane Byrne 9 Not only is Lightfoot the first African American woman mayor in Chicago s history but she is also the first openly LGBT person to lead Chicago Lightfoot s election made Chicago the largest city won by an African American woman as well as the largest by an openly LGBT person in United States history 10 11 Contents 1 Campaign 1 1 First round 1 2 Runoff 2 Candidates 2 1 Candidates who advanced to runoff 2 2 Candidates eliminated in the first round 2 2 1 Write in candidates 2 3 Petitions rejected 2 4 Withdrew 2 5 Declined 3 Endorsements 3 1 First round 3 2 Runoff 4 Fundraising 4 1 First round 4 2 Runoff 5 Polling 5 1 First round 5 2 Runoff 5 2 1 Hypothetical runoff polling 5 3 Other polling 6 Results 6 1 First round 6 1 1 Results by ward 6 2 Runoff 6 2 1 Results by ward 7 Voter turnout 7 1 First round 7 2 Runoff 8 Portrayal in media 9 Timeline 9 1 2017 9 2 2018 9 3 2019 10 References 11 External linksCampaign EditFirst round Edit Incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel declared his intent to seek re election on October 17 2017 12 One month later Troy LaRaviere became the first opponent to declare their intent to run against Emanuel 13 Later in 2018 more opponents would declare their intent to run against Emanuel with Garry McCarthy and Willie Wilson doing so in March 14 15 Dorothy A Brown Cook Ja Mal Green and Neal Sales Griffin doing so in April 16 17 Lori Lightfoot John Kozlar and Paul Vallas doing so in May 18 19 Matthew Rooney doing so in June 20 and Amara Enyia and Jerry Joyce doing so in August 21 22 By the end of the Summer of 2018 a dozen individuals had declared their candidacies 23 On September 4 2018 Emanuel announced that he would no longer be seeking re election 24 Emanuel s announcement shook up the race with many new candidates declaring their candidacies for mayor in the weeks that followed 25 In late November much of the media coverage on the race showed Toni Preckwinkle and Susana Mendoza both of whom had entered the race after Emanuel bowed out to be considered its two frontrunners 26 27 28 The race for mayor was upended by Alderman Ed Burke s corruption scandal Mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle Susana Mendoza Gery Chico and Bill Daley all had connections to the disgraced alderman and the scandal encouraged an anti corruption and anti machine politics sentiment among voters 29 30 31 A number of issues were debated by the candidates throughout the campaign One of the major issues was pensions as the city s annual pensions contribution had been projected to double between 2018 and 2023 32 Another issue was education where sub issues included school closings that had taken place under the Emanuel administration and the possibility of reforming the school board selection method 32 Another issue was crime 32 Particularly in light of cases such as the murder of Laquan McDonald issues regarding practices by the city s law enforcement were also discussed by candidates 32 Another issue was the use of tax increment financing by the city 32 Affordable housing was another issue debated 32 Ethics reforms were also debated 32 Taxes were another issue debated with some candidates advocating for a commuter tax and some candidates advocating for a property tax freeze 33 After ballot challenges were settled a total of fourteen candidates were included on the ballot for the first round of the election This is the most candidates that have ever been on the ballot in the history of Chicago mayoral elections 34 35 36 The first round of the election was considered highly competitive to the end with a number of candidates shown by polls to be viable contenders to potentially advance to the run off For example a poll conducted February 11 13 by Mason Dixon Polling amp Research Inc for the media outlets Telemundo NBC 5 Chicago illustrated what the outlets described as a tight five way race between in alphabetical order Chico Daley Lightfoot Mendoza and Preckwinkle 37 On February 24 The Wall Street Journal described the race s polling as showing six candidates with the possibility of making the runoff with the five strongest contenders being described as in alphabetical order Chico Daley Lightfoot Mendoza and Preckwinkle 38 Also on February 24 Chicago magazine wrote that it considered six individuals to have a chance of making the runoff with those individuals being in alphabetical order Chico Daley Lightfoot Mendoza Preckwinkle and Wilson 39 In the first round Lori Lightfoot placed first and Toni Preckwinkle placed second securing them both a spot in the runoff election Lightfoot s first place finish in the first round was regarded to be an upset 40 41 42 She was seen as a long shot when she first entered the race 25 In late January Lightfoot s support in publicly released polls had only ranged between 2 and 5 43 44 45 46 Despite her low poll numbers in January Lightfoot had persisted in her campaign performing well in debates and running some ads on television 40 She won the endorsement of the Chicago Sun Times 40 She also garnered new personal endorsements including those of the Scott Waguespack David Orr and Robin Kelly of whom the Chicago Sun Times Mark Brown would later write in exploring the contributing factors to Lightfoot s first round victory none of them heavyweights but influential enough to point the way for progressive voters looking for some sign any sign of how to pick their way through the thicket of candidates 40 While Lightfoot rose to the top of some polls near the end of the race she had peaked in support so late in the race that none of the other candidates had been focused on running negative ads against her 40 Lightfoot also was seen as ultimately benefiting from the Burke corruption scandal as she was running as a political outsider on an anti corruption platform 25 47 48 Preckwinkle s allies had also accidentally provided Lightfoot with free media attention on two noteworthy occasions The first incident occurred February 18 when one of Lightfoot s press conferences was crashed by Preckwinkle ally Robert Martwick with whom Lightfoot got into a heated exchange 49 The second incident where Preckwinkle s camp generated free headlines for Lightfoot was when days before the first round of the election her campaign manager Scott Cisek published a Facebook post likening Lightfoot to a Nazi leading to his firing by the Preckwinkle campaign 50 In Chicago ethnic racial coalitions had often played a key role in elections As such many of the candidates were seen as targeting different groups with their campaigns 48 Hispanic candidates Gery Chico and Susana Mendoza were seen as vying for the Hispanic vote 48 Toni Preckwinkle and Willie Wilson were seen as targeting the black vote 48 51 Bill Daley was seen as targeting the white vote 48 Lightfoot was seen as breaking the rules of traditional Chicago politics by not basing her candidacy on seeking the support of particular ethnic racial groups 48 Runoff Edit Throughout the runoff Lightfoot led Preckwinkle in polls For the runoff Lightfoot received endorsements from seven of the twelve candidates that had been eliminated in the first round Gery Chico Jerry Joyce John Kozlar Susana Mendoza Neal Sales Griffin Paul Vallas and Willie Wilson Preckwinkle in contrast received no endorsements from any candidates that had been eliminated in the first round 52 In what was considered a sweep of the city s major publications 53 retaining her endorsement from the Chicago Sun Times 54 for the runoff Lightfoot also received the endorsements of the Chicago Tribune 55 and Crain s Chicago Business 56 both of which had endorsed Bill Daley in the first round 57 58 Both Lightfoot and Preckwinkle positioned themselves as self declared progressives 59 In a November 2019 retrospective however Edward McClelland of Chicago magazine wrote Lightfoot didn t run as a progressive She ran as a reformer the political outsider who promised to quash the Chicago Way as exemplified by Alderman Ed Burke and all the mayoral candidates who took his money Lightfoot s opponent Toni Preckwinkle ran as a progressive but not a reformer 60 In the runoff Preckwinkle highlighted her depth of government experience and sought to emphasize a contrast with Lightfoot s lack of experience in elected office 61 Lightfoot criticized Preckwinkle s connections with controversial figures such as Ed Burke and Joseph Berrios 61 The two candidates differed on rent control with Preckwinkle seeking the repeal of a state law prohibiting local governments from imposing rent control while Lightfoot did not advocate for rent control in Chicago 62 The candidates differed on prospective term limits with Preckwinkle opposing them and Lightfoot advocating limiting both mayoral tenures and City Council committee chairmanships to two terms 62 Preckwinkle sought to create a ban on aldermen holding outside jobs while Lightfoot differed instead preferring to only ban them from holding outside jobs that pose conflicts of interest with official their duties 62 Preckwinkle wanted the power to draw ward maps to remain in the hands of the City Council while Lightfoot wanted a non partisan and independent process to be created for redistricting 62 Preckwinkle defended retaining the practice of aldermanic prerogative while Lightfoot sought to bring an end to the practice 62 The candidates also differed on whether they would retain incumbent Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Eddie T Johnson with Preckwinkle having stating that she planned to immediately dismiss Johnson of his post while Lightfoot stated that she planned to retain him at least through the summer of 2019 61 Lightfoot ultimately won a landslide victory in the runoff Candidates EditIn order to be listed on the ballot candidates were required to submit petitions between November 19 and 26 63 64 Mayoral candidates at a forum at the Copernicus Center in Chicago s Jefferson Park neighborhood December 2018 Any certified candidate those whose petitions had been certified by the Board of Elections may have had their nomination papers challenged up until December 1 64 Those candidates with properly filed challenges against their petitions would have their candidature subjected to hearings and procedures which would assess the validity of their petitions 64 If any candidate failed to file a statement of economic interests within five days of having their petition certified then their certification would be revoked 64 The deadline to file a notarized declaration of intent to be a write in candidate was December 27 2018 64 65 An exception to the December 27 deadline for write in candidates to file their declaration of intent existed for circumstances in which a candidate lost their certification after the December 27 deadline due to the outcome of a challenge to their petitions candidates in this circumstance were granted until February 19 to file a notarized declaration of intent to run as a write in candidate 64 Certified candidates those whose petitions had been certified by the Board of Elections were permitted to have their name removed from the ballot if they officially withdrew any time before December 20 2018 64 65 Even if they informally withdrew by ceasing to campaign all certified candidates that did not file to formally withdraw before the December 20 deadline would have their names listed on the ballot regardless of whether they were still active contenders 65 However after December 20 candidates still may have filed to officially withdraw an action which would have instructed the Board of Elections to deem all votes cast for the candidates as invalid when tallying votes 64 Due to the time needed to complete process of reviewing nearly 200 challenges to candidate petitions in the mayoral race and other municipal elections the start of the early voting period for the first round had been delayed to January 29 from its previously scheduled January 17 date 66 67 68 The total of fourteen candidates on the February mayoral ballot is record setting for Chicago mayoral elections 34 35 36 Candidates who advanced to runoff Edit Candidate Experience Announced RefThe following candidates advanced to the runoff election held on April 2 69 70 Lori Lightfoot Former President of the Chicago Police Board 2015 2018 Chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force May 10 2018 Website 71 13 72 73 74 Toni Preckwinkle President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2010Former Alderman from the 4th ward 1991 2010 September 20 2018 Website Archived January 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine 63 72 75 76 Candidates eliminated in the first round Edit Candidate Experience Announced RefThe following candidates were eliminated in the first round and did not advance to the runoff election Gery Chico Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education 2011 2015President of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners 2007 2010President of the Chicago Board of Education 1995 2001 September 17 2018 Website Archived January 19 2019 at the Wayback Machine 69 77 78 79 80 81 Bill Daley White House Chief of Staff 2011 2012United States Secretary of Commerce 1997 2000 September 14 2018 Website 69 82 83 84 85 Amara Enyia Director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce August 28 2018 Website 71 72 86 21 87 Bob Fioretti Former Alderman from the 2nd Ward 2007 2015 November 26 2018 Website Archived January 19 2019 at the Wayback Machine 88 89 90 91 92 La Shawn Ford Member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 2007 November 12 2018 Website 93 94 95 96 97 98 Jerry Joyce Former Assistant State s Attorney August 29 2018 Website Archived January 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine 63 72 22 John Kozlar Candidate for Alderman from the 11th Ward in 2011 and 2015 May 30 2018 Website Archived August 12 2020 at the Wayback Machine 71 99 Garry McCarthy Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department 2011 2015 March 21 2018 Website 69 77 100 101 Susana Mendoza Illinois Comptroller since 2016City Clerk of Chicago 2011 2016Member of the Illinois House of Representatives 2001 2011 November 14 2018 Website 71 72 102 103 104 Neal Sales Griffin CEO of CodeNow March 11 2018 Website Archived January 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine 71 17 105 Paul Vallas Former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools 1995 2001 March 28 2018 Website 63 18 106 Willie Wilson BusinessmanOwner of Omar Medical Supplies March 29 2018 Website Archived January 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine 63 14 Write in candidates Edit A full list of eligible write ins was made available to precincts on election day 107 Rebecca Ayers 1 Catherine Brown D Tycoon 1 activist 70 72 108 Ja Mal Green 1 executive director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center and Black Lives Matter activist 71 72 109 110 111 112 113 Daniel Fein 1 Ryan Friedman 1 Stephen Hodge 1 John P Loftus 1 Richard Benedict Mayers 1 perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist 114 115 116 117 118 119 write in candidate for Chicago City Clerk Treasurer and alderman in 2019 1 congressional candidate in 2000 118 2002 118 2008 118 2016 and 2018 120 121 1998 State House candidate 118 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate 118 Tamara McCullough AKA Tamar Manasseh 1 Robert A Palmer 1 Ziff A Sistrunk 1 Eric Kubi James Stewart 1 Romaine Ware 1 Roger L Washington 1 police officer educator at Malcolm X College pastor candidate for alderman in Chicago s 24th ward in 2015 72 108 122 123 124 Gregory Young 1 Petitions rejected Edit The following candidates had been denied inclusion on the ballot following successful challenges to their petitions 69 70 125 Conrien Hykes Clark octogenarian elementary school volunteer 125 126 Dorothy A Brown Cook Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2000 69 16 127 128 Catherine Brown D Tycoon activist 70 72 108 129 subsequently ran as write in 1 Sandra L Mallory 130 former local school council president 125 former Chicago Public Schools security officer 125 candidate for alderman in Chicago s 15th ward in 2003 131 and 2015 125 132 Richard Mayers perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist 114 115 116 117 118 119 congressional candidate in 2000 118 2002 118 2008 118 2016 and 2018 120 125 121 1998 State House candidate 118 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate 118 subsequently ran as write in 1 Roger L Washington police officer educator at Malcolm X College pastor candidate for alderman in Chicago s 24th ward in 2015 72 108 133 122 123 124 subsequently ran as write in 1 Withdrew Edit The following individuals are previously declared candidates who had terminated their candidacies Unless otherwise indicated these individuals did not submit petitions Rahm Emanuel incumbent Mayor of Chicago 24 Ja Mal Green had submitted petition executive director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center and Black Lives Matter activist 71 72 109 110 111 112 113 subsequently ran as write in 1 William J Kelly radio host and perennial candidate 89 134 135 candidate for mayor in 2015 gubernatorial candidate in 2018 135 candidate for state comptroller in 2010 135 congressional candidate in 1994 135 Troy LaRaviere president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association 13 77 136 137 Matthew Rooney 20 William Dock Walls perennial candidate candidate for mayor in 2007 2011 2015 89 138 139 140 Declined Edit The following are prospective and speculative candidates that declined to run Chance the Rapper rapper singer songwriter record producer 141 142 Richard Boykin former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 77 143 Anthony Beale Alderman from the 9th ward 89 Walter Burnett Jr Alderman from the 27th ward 89 Tom Dart Cook County Sheriff 13 77 Arne Duncan former U S Secretary of Education and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools 82 144 Bridget Gainer member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 13 77 Chuy Garcia Congressman from Illinois s 4th congressional district former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and candidate for mayor in 2015 13 77 145 146 147 Luis Gutierrez former Congressman from Illinois s 4th congressional district 82 148 149 Valerie Jarrett former director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 77 150 Ra Joy executive director of CHANGE Illinois and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018 151 152 Raymond Lopez alderman of the 15th Ward 89 153 Lisa Madigan former Attorney General of Illinois 13 77 Proco Joe Moreno member of the Chicago City Council from the 1st ward 82 154 155 David Orr former Cook County Clerk former mayor of Chicago 1987 1987 156 157 Ricardo Munoz member of the Chicago City Council from the 22nd ward 82 148 Maria Pappas Cook County Treasurer 158 159 160 Ameya Pawar member of the Chicago City Council and candidate for governor in 2018 77 78 161 162 Mike Quigley Congressman from Illinois s 5th congressional district 82 163 Pat Quinn candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 2018 former Governor of Illinois former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and former Treasurer of Illinois 164 Carlos Ramirez Rosa Alderman for the 35th Ward running for re election 165 Kwame Raoul Attorney General of Illinois former member of the Illinois Senate Larry Rogers Jr commissioner of the Cook County Board Of Review 158 166 Michael Sacks chief executive officer of GCM Grosvenor 82 167 Roderick Sawyer member of the Chicago City Council and chair of the Chicago City Council Black Caucus 78 82 Kurt Summers City Treasurer of Chicago 77 168 169 Pat Tomasulo sportscaster comedian 170 Tom Tunney member of the Chicago City Council from the 44th ward 82 171 Anna M Valencia Chicago City Clerk 82 172 Scott Waguespack member of the Chicago City Council and chairman of the council s Progressive Reform Caucus 173 174 Jesse White Secretary of State of Illinois and former state representative 89 175 Endorsements EditFirst round Edit Gery ChicoLocal officeholdersEdward M Burke Alderman of the 14th Ward 79 Raymond Lopez Alderman of the 15th Ward 89 153 Bill DaleyOfficeholdersHoward Dean former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and former Governor of Vermont 176 Al Gore former Vice President of the United States 177 Emil Jones former Illinois State Senate President 178 Joseph P Kennedy II former U S Representative for Massachusetts 8th congressional district 179 Bobby Rush U S Representative for Illinois s 1st congressional district Chicago mayoral candidate in 1999 180 IndividualsJohn Canning Jr businessman 181 Kenneth C Griffin businessman 182 Ozzie Guillen former Chicago White Sox manager who managed 2005 World Series champions 183 Elzie Higginbottom businessman 184 Bill Levy attorney 179 John O Neil attorney 179 Dan Perlman attorney 179 Thomas Vallely senior adviser at Harvard Kennedy School s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation 179 NewspapersChicago Crusader 185 Chicago Tribune 57 Crain s Chicago Business 58 OrganizationsPlumbers Local Union 130 186 Amara EnyiaOfficeholdersDorothy A Brown 187 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County formerly a candidate for mayor IndividualsChance the Rapper popular musician activist and Chicago native and resident 141 142 Kanye West popular musician entrepreneur and fashion designer and Chicago native 188 OrganizationsLocal Berniecrats 189 Bob FiorettiIndividualsBuddy Guy blues artist 190 La Shawn FordOrganizationsWest Side Elected Officials Group 191 Jerry JoyceOfficeholdersMatthew O Shea Chicago alderman 183 Mike Sheahan former Cook County SherriffIndividualsJamillah Ali daughter of Muhammad Ali 183 Rasheda Ali daughter of Muhammad Ali 183 Lori LightfootOfficeholdersRobin Kelly U S Representative from Illinois s 2nd congressional district 192 Martin J Oberman former Chicago alderman 193 David Orr former Acting Mayor of Chicago and County Clerk of Cook County 194 Dick Simpson former Chicago alderman 195 Scott Waguespack Chicago alderman and chair of the City Council s Progressive Reform Caucus 196 Litesa Wallace former member of the Illinois House of Representatives and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2018 197 IndividualsRa Joy candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2018 198 Marianne Lalonde 46th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 Don Rose activist 200 Andrew Rowlas 50th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 Katie Sieracki 33rd Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 NewspapersChicago Sun Times 201 The Gazette 202 OrganizationsDemocracy for America 183 Equality Illinois PAC 203 Illinois Education Association Region 67 183 204 Indivisible IL9 Andersonville Edgewater 183 205 LGBTQ Victory Fund 206 LPAC 207 Garry McCarthyOfficeholdersRudy Giuliani former Mayor of New York 208 IndividualsAndrew Holmes community anti violence activist 209 Susana MendozaState officeholdersStacey Abrams former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia 210 IndividualsDolores Huerta labor activist 211 Laura Ricketts co owner of the Chicago Cubs board member of Lambda Legal 212 Bradley Tusk venture capitalist 176 NewspapersThe Columbia Chronicle 213 OrganizationsChicago Federation of Musicians 214 Illinois Nurses Association 183 Latino Victory Fund 215 LIUNA Chicago Laborers District Council 216 LIUNA Great Lakes Region 217 Painter s District Council 14 218 UAW 219 UFCW 1546 220 Toni PreckwinkleU S Executive Branch officialsValerie Jarrett former Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 221 Desiree Rogers former White House Social Secretary Tina Tchen Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama Executive Director of the Obama White House Council on Women and Girls former Director of Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 222 Members of CongressJan Schakowsky U S Representative from Illinois s 9th congressional district 223 State officeholdersOmar Aquino member of the Illinois Senate 224 Marcus C Evans Jr member of Illinois House 183 Will Guzzardi member of Illinois House 225 Robert Peters member of Illinois Senate 183 Delia Ramirez member of Illinois House 183 Lamont Robinson member of Illinois House 183 Ram Villivalam member of Illinois Senate 183 Local officeholdersBrandon Johnson Cook County Commissioner 183 Stanley Moore Cook County Commissioner 183 Ken Williams Bennett former aide to mayor Rahm Emanuel 226 Leslie Hairston Alderman of the 5th ward 227 Sophia King Alderman of the 4th ward 227 Stanley Moore member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and former Chicago alderman 228 Josina Morita Commissioner Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago 229 Carlos Ramirez Rosa Alderman of the 35th ward 230 Roderick Sawyer Chicago Alderman and Chair of the Chicago City Council Black Caucus 78 82 IndividualsKaren Lewis former president of the Chicago Teachers Union 231 Ron Powell president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881 183 Cecile Richards former president of Planned Parenthood 222 NewspapersThe Chicago Maroon 232 Hyde Park Herald 233 OrganizationsChicago Teachers Union 234 Cook County College Teachers Union 235 Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers 183 Indo American Democratic Organization 219 SEIU Healthcare Illinois 183 236 SEIU Local 1 236 237 SEIU Local 73 183 236 Sierra Club Chicago 238 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881 236 Paul VallasIndividualsDeborah Lynch former President of the Chicago Teachers Union 183 OrganizationsChicago Republican Party 239 Willie WilsonOfficeholdersRichard Boykin former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 240 Danny K Davis U S Representative from Illinois s 7th congressional district 241 Sean M Morrison member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and chair of the Cook County Republican Party 242 Robert Shaw former commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review and former Chicago alderman 243 IndividualsTom Vail Local civil rights activist former Evergreen Park Library Board Trustee citation needed OrganizationsArab American Vote 244 The Coalition of Ministers for Change 183 Chicago Libertarian Party 245 Cook County Republican Party 246 Chicago Young Republicans 247 The Spanish Coalition 183 Northwest Side GOP Club 247 What s In It For Black People 248 Runoff Edit Lori LightfootMembers of CongressJesus Chuy Garcia U S Representative from Illinois s 4th congressional district Chicago mayoral candidate in 2015 249 Robin Kelly U S Representative from Illinois s 2nd congressional district 192 Mike Quigley U S Representative from Illinois s 5th congressional district 250 State officeholdersKelly Cassidy member of the Illinois House of Representatives 251 252 Gery Chico former Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education Chicago mayoral candidate in 2011 and 2019 253 Miguel del Valle former member of Illinois Senate former City Clerk of Chicago Chicago mayoral candidate in 2011 254 Tyrone C Fahner former Illinois Attorney General 255 Sara Feigenholtz member of the Illinois House of Representatives 256 Susana Mendoza Illinois Comptroller and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 257 258 259 Gilbert Villegas Alderman of the 36th Ward and former Chief of Staff of the Illinois Capital Development Board 260 Litesa Wallace former member of the Illinois House of Representatives and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2018 197 Ann Williams member of the Illinois House of Representatives 261 Local officeholdersJohn Arena Alderman of the 45th Ward 262 Anthony Beale Alderman of the 9th Ward 263 George Cardenas Alderman of the 12th Ward 263 Derrick Curtis Alderman of the 18th Ward 263 Deb Mell Alderman of the 33rd Ward 264 Emma Mitts Alderman of the 37th Ward 263 Anthony Napolitano Alderman of the 41st Ward 265 266 Martin J Oberman former Chicago alderman 193 David Orr former Acting Mayor of Chicago and County Clerk of Cook County 194 Matthew O Shea Alderman of the 19th Ward 267 Annise Parker former Mayor of Houston 268 Brendan Reilly Alderman of the 42nd Ward 269 Nancy Rotering mayor of Highland Park Illinois candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 2018 and Congress in 2016 270 Dick Simpson former Chicago alderman 195 Michael Scott Jr Alderman of the 24th Ward 263 Nicholas Sposato Alderman of the 38th Ward 265 266 Tom Tunney Alderman of the 44th Ward 271 272 Paul Vallas former CEO of Chicago Public Schools nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois in 2014 Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 218 273 Scott Waguespack Alderman of the 32nd Ward and chair of the City Council s Progressive Reform Caucus 196 IndividualsRev Ira Acree 260 Dr Timuel D Black Jr professor historian and civil rights activist 274 George Blakemore 275 candidate for 3rd District Cook County Commissioner in 2018 276 Leslie Bluhm philanthropist 277 Meredith Bluhm Wolf philanthropist 255 277 William Calloway 278 activist Illinois House of Representatives candidate in 2018 Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 John Canning Jr businessman 181 279 Paula Crown 277 Mary Dempsey President of DePaul College Prep 277 Anne Edwards 277 Paul Finnegan businessman 277 Ja Mal Green activist and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 280 Craig Duchossois businessman and chairman of the Duchossois Group 279 281 Linda Friedman attorney 277 Ra Joy candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2018 198 Jerry Joyce former Assistant State s Attorney Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 282 John Kozlar Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2015 Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 283 Marianne Lalonde 46th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 Marc Loveless civil rights activist and politician 284 Abby McCormick O Neil McCormick family member 277 Father Michael Pfleger Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago and social activist 285 Laura Ricketts Chicago Cubs co owner 286 Don Rose activist 200 Andrew Rowlas 50th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 Neal Sales Griffin entrepreneur and Chicago mayoral candidate in 2019 287 Katie Sieracki 33rd Ward Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2019 199 Che Rhymefest Smith musician philanthropist and Chicago aldermanic candidate in 2011 288 289 Gloria Steinem Feminist activist and journalist 263 Dale Taylor businessman 277 Bishop Larry Trotter Senior Pastor of Sweet Holy Spirit Church 290 Willie Wilson businessman Chicago mayoral candidate in 2015 and 2019 presidential candidate in 2016 291 292 293 NewspapersChicago Sun Times 201 54 Chicago Tribune 55 Crain s Chicago Business 56 The Gazette 202 N Digo 294 OrganizationsAmalgamated Transit Union Local 241 295 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 295 Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce 296 Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 265 297 City College Contingent Labor Organizing Committee 295 Democracy for America 183 Equality Illinois PAC 203 Gas Workers Local 18007 295 Human Rights Campaign 298 Illinois Education Association Region 67 183 204 Illinois Nurses Association PAC 299 300 Indivisible IL9 Andersonville Edgewater 183 205 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 9 295 Iron Workers Chicago District Council 295 Iron Workers Local 1 295 Latino Leadership Council 301 LGBTQ Victory Fund 206 LIUNA Chicago Laborers District Council 253 LiUNA Local 1001 302 LPAC 207 Our Revolution Chicago 267 Plumbers Local Union 130 303 Sprinkler Fitters Local 281 295 National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 11 304 Teamsters Local 705 305 Teamsters Local 727 306 UNITE HERE Local 1 307 United Steelworkers of America Local 9777 295 Toni PreckwinkleU S Executive Branch officialsValerie Jarrett former Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 221 Desiree Rogers former White House Social Secretary 308 Tina Tchen Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama Executive Director of the Obama White House Council on Women and Girls former Director of Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs 222 Members of CongressCarol Moseley Braun former US Senator for Illinois 1993 1999 Chicago mayoral candidate in 2011 and candidate for President in 2004 309 Danny K Davis U S Representative from Illinois s 7th congressional district Chicago mayoral candidate in 1991 and 2011 310 Bobby Rush U S Representative from Illinois s 1st congressional district Chicago mayoral candidate in 1999 258 Jan Schakowsky U S Representative from Illinois s 9th congressional district 223 State officeholdersOmar Aquino member of the Illinois Senate 224 Kam Buckner member of the Illinois House 263 Jacqueline Y Collins member of the Illinois Senate 263 Marcus C Evans Jr member of Illinois House 183 Will Guzzardi member of Illinois House 225 Mattie Hunter member of the Illinois Senate 263 Camille Lilly member of the Illinois House 263 Theresa Mah member of the Illinois House 263 Iris Martinez member of the Illinois Senate 263 Robert Martwick member of the Illinois House 263 Robert Peters member of Illinois Senate 183 Delia Ramirez member of Illinois House 183 Lamont Robinson member of Illinois House 183 Elgie Sims member of the Illinois Senate 263 Justin Slaughter member of the Illinois House 263 Ram Villivalam member of Illinois Senate 183 Jesse White Illinois Secretary of State 311 Local officeholdersCarrie Austin Alderman of the 34th Ward 263 Howard Brookins Alderman of the 21st Ward 263 Walter Burnett Jr Alderman of the 27th Ward 311 Michael Cabonargi member of the Cook County Board of Review 263 Patrick Daley Thompson Alderman of the 11th Ward 287 Dennis Deer member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 260 Pat Dowell Alderman of the 3rd Ward 263 Kimberly du Buclet member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners 263 Michael Eaddy former member of the Chicago Police Board 312 313 Jason Ervin Alderman of the 28th Ward 260 Bridget Gainer member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 263 Leslie Hairston Alderman of the 5th Ward 227 Michelle A Harris Alderman of the 8th Ward 263 Larry Huggins former chairman of the board of Metra 308 Brandon Johnson member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 183 Sophia King Alderman of the 4th ward 227 Bill Lowry member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 263 Greg Mathis former judge on the 36th District Court of the State of Michigan star of Judge Mathis 314 Gregory Mitchell Alderman of the 7th Ward 263 Stanley Moore member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and former Chicago alderman 228 Josina Morita member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners 229 Stanley Rakestraw 308 former member of the board of Metra 315 Carlos Ramirez Rosa Alderman of the 35th Ward 230 Roderick Sawyer Alderman of the 6th Ward and Chair of the Chicago City Council Black Caucus 78 82 Todd Stroger former President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners 316 Chris Taliaferro Alderman of the 29th Ward 263 Ken Williams Bennett former aide to President Obama and mayor Rahm Emanuel 226 317 318 319 320 IndividualsRev Dr Phalese Binion president of the West Side Minister s Coalition 321 Chance the Rapper popular musician activist and Chicago native and resident 322 Fred Eychaner businessman 323 Elzie Higginbottom businessman 281 Karen Lewis former president of the Chicago Teachers Union 231 Rev Emma Lozano activist 324 Ron Powell president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881 183 Cecile Richards former president of Planned Parenthood 222 Bruce Sagan owner of the Hyde Park Herald 281 John Rogers Obama Foundation member and co chair of the 2009 Obama Inauguration Committee 317 325 326 327 Howard A Tullman venture capitalist 281 Tania Unzueta policy director of Mijente 263 NewspapersChicago Crusader 328 The Chicago Maroon 232 Hyde Park Herald 233 OrganizationsAsian American Midwest Progressives 329 Chicago NOW 263 Chicago Teachers Union 234 Cook County College Teachers Union 235 Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers 183 Illinois Federation of Teachers 305 International Union of Operating Engineers Local 339 263 Indo American Democratic Organization 219 Italian American Political Coalition 330 Iron Workers Local 63 263 ONE People s Campaign 331 Painters District Council 14 218 The People s Lobby 332 Personal PAC 218 SEIU Healthcare Illinois 183 236 SEIU Local 1 236 237 SEIU Local 73 183 236 Sierra Club Chicago 333 Teamsters Joint Council 25 334 Teamsters Local 700 335 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881 236 Fundraising EditFirst round Edit Campaign finance reports as of February 25 2019Candidate Total receiptsBill Daley 8 746 398 81Toni Preckwinkle 4 621 770 23Gery Chico 3 043 467 45Jerry Joyce 2 796 317 32Susana Mendoza 2 788 787 02Lori Lightfoot 1 620 123 65Willie Wilson 1 619 088 16Garry McCarthy 1 391 426 80Paul Vallas 1 128 992 78Robert Fioretti 716 729 31Amara Enyia 654 771 31Neal Sales Griffin 153 781 73LaShawn Ford 96 907 58John Kozlar 1 014 00 336 Runoff Edit Note that following totals include the amount raised in both rounds of the election Campaign finance reports as of April 7 2019Candidate Total receiptsToni Preckwinkle 7 114 662 62Lori Lightfoot 5 773 302 07 337 Polling EditFirst round Edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error DorothyBrown Cook GeryChico BillDaley AmaraEnyia BobFioretti La ShawnFord JerryJoyce JohnKozlar LoriLightfoot GarryMcCarthy SusanaMendoza ToniPreckwinkle NealSales Griffin PaulVallas WillieWilson Undecided OtherChange Research 338 February 22 23 2019 706 3 7 9 14 4 2 1 8 0 14 5 10 14 1 6 9 L2T Research amp Survey Vallas 339 February 21 2019 8 700 10 16 6 29 8 64 10 75 64 17 Joyce campaign sponsored poll 340 February 14 15 2019 11 11 10 18 11 14 12 Independent poll 341 February 12 14 2019 14 15 14 10 12 Mason Dixon 342 February 11 13 2019 4 0 9 13 7 1 1 4 0 10 3 12 14 1 2 4 19 Ogden amp Fry 343 February 9 2019 716 3 74 7 1 11 9 5 7 16 1 13 3 25 6 20 4 Tulchin Research 344 February 6 10 2019 5 10 8 1 9 5 10 21 7 11 13 Campaign sponsored poll 345 11 14 7 7 7 16 Victory Research 43 January 26 29 2019 801 3 46 8 4 13 9 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 5 1 12 4 11 5 0 0 5 6 12 2 16 1 We Ask America 44 45 January 21 23 2019 644 3 5 4 7 9 3 12 1 3 1 0 9 1 2 0 9 0 6 2 8 3 7 8 7 12 7 0 0 4 3 9 David Binder Research 46 January 19 21 2019 500 4 4 4 9 5 5 4 9 15 4 6 34 Global Strategy Group 346 347 Mendoza January 10 15 2019 600 4 0 9 11 11 David Binder Research 46 December 12 16 2018 500 4 4 1 10 6 5 6 11 24 7 6 19 Lake Research Partners 348 December 11 16 2018 600 4 0 4 5 10 7 1 1 5 7 12 18 6 6 19 Tulchin Research 349 December 10 16 2018 600 4 0 3 10 6 2 3 8 12 22 10 7 19 ALG Research 350 351 352 December 4 9 2018 600 6 3 9 5 4 7 16 21 6 8 4 4 12 4 3 6 20 22 7 Global Strategy Group 353 354 November 8 11 2018 4 0 16 8 24 19 7 9 9 7 13 15 6 8 Early pollingPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error DorothyBrown Cook BillDaley RahmEmanuel BridgetGainer ChuyGarcia LuisGutierrez ValerieJarrett JerryJoyce LoriLightfoot GarryMcCarthy SusanaMendoza RickMunoz ToniPreckwinkle KurtSummers PaulVallas WillieWilson Other UndecidedRaba Research 355 September 10 2018 4 21 10 18 16 4 10 7 15 PPP Toni Preckwinkle D 356 September 9 2018 600 4 9 13 25 16 10 19 We Ask America 357 September 4 2018 1 128 3 0 1 8 3 9 6 6 3 2 9 6 16 8 1 4 1 4 4 6 10 1 15 1 8 7 16 8 PPP 358 August 2018 722 5 0 24 11 10 Global Strategy Group 359 360 July 22 29 2018 600 4 0 6 32 1 8 13 9 8 Lori Lightfoot D 361 July 7 9 2018 800 0 15 34 3 16 9 Runoff Edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error LoriLightfoot ToniPreckwinkle UndecidedTemkin Harris with Normington Petts amp Associates 362 363 364 March 18 20 2019 500 4 4 53 17 29 Jason McGrath Lightfoot 297 February 28 March 3 2019 799 3 5 59 29 FM3 365 366 367 368 February 27 28 2019 400 4 9 58 30 12 Change Research 338 February 22 23 2019 706 3 7 42 25 Ward poll s The following are runoff polls limited to voters in a single ward Ward Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error LoriLightfoot ToniPreckwinkle Undecided2nd Poll for Brian K Hopkins aldermanic campaign 369 Mid March 2019 68 20 Hypothetical runoff polling Edit Dorothy Brown Cook vs Rahm EmanuelPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error DorothyBrown Cook RahmEmanuel UndecidedPublic Policy Polling 358 August 2018 722 7 0 26 43 31 Gery Chico vs Susana Mendozawith Gery Chico and Susana MendozaPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error GeryChico SusanaMendozaALG Research 350 December 4 9 2018 600 23 58 Bill Daley vs Lori LightfootPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BillDaley LoriLightfoot UndecidedChange Research 338 February 22 23 2019 706 3 7 35 40 25 Bill Daley vs Susana MendozaPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BillDaley SusanaMendozaALG Research 350 December 4 9 2018 600 29 56 32 56 Global Strategy Group 358 November 8 11 2018 600 4 0 29 47 21 55 Bill Daley vs Toni PreckwinklePoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error BillDaley ToniPreckwinkle UndecidedChange Research 338 February 22 23 2019 706 3 7 39 32 We Ask America 370 January 10 15 2019 644 4 0 40 1 38 2 21 7 Tulchin Research 349 December 10 16 2018 600 4 0 31 49 20 ALG Research 350 December 4 9 2018 600 32 51 34 50 Susana Mendoza v Gery McCarthyPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error SusanaMendoza GarryMcCarthy UndecidedWe Ask America 370 January 10 15 2019 644 4 0 54 24 2 21 7 Susana Mendoza vs Toni PreckwinklePoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error SusanaMendoza ToniPreckwinkle UndecidedWe Ask America 370 January 10 15 2019 644 4 0 43 5 35 1 21 4 Global Strategy Group 346 January 10 15 2019 600 4 0 43 30 Tulchin Research 349 December 10 16 2018 600 4 0 39 42 19 ALG Research 350 351 352 December 4 9 2018 600 45 39 44 44 12 Global Strategy Group 358 November 8 11 2018 600 4 0 47 35 39 34 Rahm Emanuel vs Lori LightfootPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error RahmEmanuel LoriLightfoot UndecidedPublic Policy Polling 358 August 2018 722 38 33 20 Jason McGrath Lightfoot 361 July 7 9 2018 800 0 40 50 Rahm Emanuel vs Garry McCarthyPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error RahmEmanuel GarryMcCarthy UndecidedPublic Policy Polling 358 August 2018 722 38 37 25 Rahm Emanuel vs Paul VallasPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error RahmEmanuel PaulVallas UndecidedPublic Policy Polling 358 August 2018 722 33 39 28 Global Strategy Group 359 July 22 29 2018 600 4 44 37 Other polling Edit If Rahm Emanuel were running for re election would you vote for him Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error Yes No UndecidedTemkin Harris with Normington Petts amp Associates 362 363 364 March 18 20 2019 500 4 4 25 63 12 Results EditFirst round Edit 2019 Chicago mayoral election results first round Non partisan election 1 2 Candidate Votes Lori Lightfoot 97 667 17 54Toni Preckwinkle 89 343 16 04William M Daley 82 294 14 78Willie L Wilson 59 072 10 61Susana A Mendoza 50 373 9 05Amara Enyia 44 589 8 01Jerry Joyce 40 099 7 20Gery Chico 34 521 6 20Paul Vallas 30 236 5 43Garry McCarthy 14 784 2 65La Shawn K Ford 5 606 1 01Robert Bob Fioretti 4 302 0 77John Kenneth Kozlar 2 349 0 42Neal Sales Griffin 1 523 0 27Roger L Washington write in 47 0 01Tamara McCullough AKA Tamar Manasseh write in 11 0 00Catherine Brown D Tycoon write in 7 0 00Stephen Hodge write in 7 0 00J Mal Green write in 6 0 00Daniel Fein write in 3 0 00Ryan Friedman write in 2 0 00Richard Benedict Mayers write in 2 0 00Robert A Palmer write in 1 0 00Total votes 556 844Results by ward Edit First round results by ward Seven candidates each had pluralities in at least one of the city s fifty wards 2 371 372 373 374 Wilson had pluralities in thirteen wards Wards 6 7 9 16 17 18 20 21 24 28 29 34 37 2 371 372 373 374 Lightfoot had pluralities in eleven wards Wards 1 25 32 33 35 40 44 46 47 48 49 2 371 372 373 374 Daley had pluralities in eight wards Wards 2 11 38 39 42 43 45 50 2 371 372 373 374 Mendoza had pluralities in seven wards Wards 12 14 15 22 30 31 36 2 371 372 373 374 Preckwinkle had pluralities in six wards Wards 3 4 5 8 26 27 2 371 372 373 374 Joyce had pluralities in four wards Wards 13 19 23 41 2 371 372 373 374 Chico had a plurality in a single ward Ward 10 2 371 372 373 374 Of the city s eighteen wards that are predominantly black Wilson carried a plurality of the vote in thirteen Wards 6 7 9 16 17 18 20 21 24 28 29 34 and 37 with Preckwinkle carrying a plurality of the vote in the remaining five Wards 3 4 5 8 and 27 375 In the combined vote of the city s predominately black wards Wilson placed first Preckwinkle placed second Lightfoot placed third Daley placed fourth and Enyia placed fifth 375 Chico Daley Joyce Lightfoot Mendoza Preckwinkle Wilson Results by ward 2 Ward Chico Daley Enyia Fioretti Ford Joyce Kolzar Lightfoot McCarthy Mendoza Preckwinkle Sales Griffin Vallas Wilson Totalvotes Turnout Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes 1 637 5 12 1 617 13 01 1 749 14 07 101 0 81 78 0 63 427 3 43 84 0 68 3 198 25 73 229 1 84 1 338 10 76 2 020 16 25 46 0 37 556 4 47 351 2 82 12 431 33 72 2 612 4 47 3 871 28 27 875 6 39 90 0 66 64 0 47 522 3 81 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6 84 1 502 10 97 57 0 42 987 7 21 304 2 22 13 690 31 42 43 652 4 51 4 489 31 02 743 5 13 90 0 62 49 0 34 530 3 66 73 0 50 3 365 23 25 342 2 36 995 6 88 1 659 11 46 48 0 33 1 133 7 83 304 2 10 14 472 40 10 44 709 4 62 3 187 20 76 1 171 7 63 100 0 65 70 0 46 454 2 96 80 0 52 4 453 29 01 349 2 27 1 391 9 06 2 132 13 89 59 0 38 961 6 26 236 1 54 15 352 40 26 45 1 266 8 46 2 402 16 05 624 4 17 185 1 24 46 0 31 1 870 12 50 101 0 68 2 313 15 46 942 6 30 1 624 10 85 1 455 9 72 20 0 13 1 529 10 22 585 3 91 14 962 42 62 46 610 4 32 2 039 14 43 1 503 10 64 96 0 68 87 0 62 392 2 77 73 0 52 4 163 29 46 289 2 05 1 254 8 87 2 426 17 17 45 0 32 674 4 77 480 3 40 14 131 40 78 47 820 4 18 2 865 14 60 1 991 10 15 120 0 61 87 0 44 736 3 75 97 0 49 6 216 31 68 373 1 90 1 624 8 28 3 159 16 10 49 0 25 1 190 6 07 293 1 49 19 620 49 55 48 571 3 71 1 886 12 27 1 491 9 70 84 0 55 75 0 49 637 4 14 52 0 34 5 056 32 89 297 1 93 1 037 6 75 3 046 19 81 36 0 23 675 4 39 430 2 80 15 373 44 97 49 469 3 77 1 147 9 23 1 756 14 13 85 0 68 78 0 63 384 3 09 37 0 30 3 328 26 79 177 1 42 1 067 8 59 2 918 23 49 44 0 35 483 3 89 451 3 63 12 424 42 61 50 587 6 39 2 087 22 72 565 6 15 122 1 33 31 0 34 528 5 75 29 0 32 1 610 17 53 337 3 67 755 8 22 1 293 14 08 20 0 22 826 8 99 395 4 30 9 185 32 85 Runoff Edit 2019 Chicago mayoral election results runoff 4 3 Candidate Votes Lori Lightfoot 386 039 73 70 Toni Preckwinkle 137 765 26 30 Total votes 523 804Results by ward Edit Lightfoot won all fifty of the city s wards 4 376 377 Additionally Lightfoot won 2 049 of the city s 2 069 voting precincts all but twenty a victory for Lightfoot in more than 99 03 of precincts 378 Results by ward 4 Ward Lightfoot Preckwinkle Total votes Turnout Votes Votes 1 7 762 71 42 3 106 28 58 10 868 29 20 2 10 430 80 89 2 464 19 11 12 894 32 09 3 9 284 70 01 3 977 29 99 13 261 34 94 4 8 663 59 72 5 842 40 28 14 505 39 94 5 7 522 54 38 6 311 45 62 13 833 43 14 6 7 549 66 88 3 739 33 12 11 288 34 31 7 7 099 67 56 3 409 32 44 10 508 32 48 8 9 327 65 99 4 806 34 01 14 133 37 56 9 8 251 69 67 3 592 30 33 11 843 32 51 10 5 281 81 67 1 185 18 33 6 466 23 93 11 6 483 74 31 2 241 25 69 8 724 30 61 12 3 061 74 35 1 056 25 65 4 117 20 05 13 7 201 84 95 1 276 15 05 8 477 29 70 14 3 853 81 87 853 18 13 4 706 21 90 15 3 974 74 32 1 373 25 68 5 347 27 98 16 4 085 69 77 1 770 30 23 5 855 23 39 17 5 736 69 59 2 507 30 41 8 243 27 61 18 8 439 73 38 3 061 26 62 11 500 33 82 19 15 931 84 33 2 961 15 67 18 892 50 16 20 5 110 65 81 2 655 34 19 7 765 20 56 21 9 416 68 97 4 237 31 03 13 653 36 15 22 2 820 75 20 930 24 80 3 750 18 40 23 5 757 83 56 1 133 16 44 6 890 26 59 24 4 576 69 49 2 009 30 51 6 585 24 21 25 6 883 71 81 2 702 28 19 9 585 32 01 26 4 867 66 22 2 483 33 78 7 350 25 05 27 7 414 70 78 3 061 29 22 10 475 27 71 28 6 004 71 81 2 357 28 19 8 361 25 04 29 8 169 73 40 2 961 26 60 11 130 30 71 30 5 790 73 67 2 069 26 33 7 859 30 33 31 4 866 73 28 1 774 26 72 6 640 26 55 32 10 027 78 91 2 680 21 09 12 707 33 87 33 8 127 70 93 3 330 29 07 11 457 41 16 34 8 304 68 78 3 770 31 22 12 074 32 41 35 4 632 66 51 2 332 33 49 6 964 26 72 36 4 557 81 96 1 003 18 04 5 560 22 51 37 5 686 72 72 2 133 27 28 7 819 24 60 38 8 498 83 87 1 634 16 13 10 132 30 25 39 10 523 79 00 2 798 21 00 13 321 40 23 40 9 954 71 55 3 958 28 45 13 912 43 05 41 13 026 87 53 1 856 12 47 14 882 39 79 42 11 086 84 32 2 061 15 68 13 147 29 95 43 11 756 83 58 2 309 16 42 14 065 38 59 44 10 904 80 47 2 646 19 53 13 550 35 20 45 10 041 81 50 2 279 18 50 12 320 34 90 46 10 400 73 06 3 835 26 94 14 235 40 69 47 14 302 74 78 4 824 25 22 19 126 47 97 48 10 452 70 27 4 421 29 73 14 873 43 26 49 6 584 63 32 3 814 36 68 10 398 35 00 50 5 577 71 88 2 182 28 12 7 759 27 57 Voter turnout EditFirst round Edit Turnout in the first round of the election was 35 20 1 2 The low turnout was attributed to poor youth turnout and a drop off in voter turnout from the 2018 midterms 379 380 381 The 35 32 turnout was higher than that of the first round of the 2015 election 382 but was lower than that of the 2015 runoff 383 Turnout was lower than in the previous open race in 2011 384 Turnout was reported to be lowest among the millennial age demographic with a lower turnout among those under 35 than the previous lowest under 35 turnout in 2007 385 Runoff Edit Runoff turnout was 32 89 4 3 Portrayal in media EditThe Steve James documentary series City So Real which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was later televised on National Geographic on October 28 2020 centers on the mayoral election 386 387 388 389 390 Timeline Edit2017 Edit June The organization Take Charge Chicago led by former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn begins circulating petitions to place a referendum on the November 2018 ballot which if approved by voters would have prohibited Chicago mayors from serving more than two consecutive terms If approved by voters this would have prevented incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel from being eligible for re election 391 October 19 Rahm Emanuel declares his intention to seek re election 12 November 17 Troy LaRiviere announces candidacy 13 2018 Edit MarchMarch 21 Garry McCarthy announces candidacy 15 March 29 Willie Wilson announces candidacy 14 AprilApril 19 Dorothy A Brown Cook announces candidacy 16 April 20 Ja Mal Green announces candidacy 392 April 22 Neal Sales Griffin announces candidacy 17 MayMay 2 Paul Vallas announces candidacy 18 May 8 John Kozlar announces candidacy 19 May 10 Lori Lightfoot announces candidacy 393 AugustAugust 6 Take Charge Chicago formally submits to the Chicago Board of Election its petition for a term limits referendum question to be included on the November 2018 ballot 394 August 24 Trudy Leong announces candidacy 395 August 29 Amara Enyia 21 and Jerry Joyce 22 announce candidacies August 31 Chicago Board of Elections rules that the term limits referendum question petitioned by Take Charge Chicago had collected a sufficient number of valid signatures to preliminary qualify for inclusion on the November 2018 ballot 396 SeptemberSeptember 4 Rahm Emanuel withdraws September 11 Antoine Members 397 and Charles Minor 398 announce candidacies September 12 Chicago Board of Elections rules that the term limits referendum question petitioned by Take Charge Chicago is ineligible for inclusion on the November 2018 ballot due to improper phrasing 396 399 400 September 17 William M Daley announces candidacy 401 September 18 Gery Chico 79 and William J Kelly 402 announce candidacies September 20 Toni Preckwinkle announces candidacy 403 404 September 27 LaShawn Ford announces candidacy 405 NovemberNovember 13 Troy LaRiviere withdraws November 14 Susana Mendoza announces candidacy 102 November 19 First day of petition filing Catherine Brown D Tycoon Jerry Joyce Toni Preckwinkle and Paul Vallas file petitions 63 69 November 23 Conrien Hykes Clark files petition 69 November 26 Final day of petition filing 406 Dorothy A Brown Cook Gery Chico William M Daley Amara Enyia Robert Fioretti La Shawn K Ford Ja Mal Green John Kozlar Lori Lightfoot Sandra L Mallory Richard Mayers Garry McCarthy Susana Mendoza Neal Sales Griffin Roger L Washington submit petitions 69 William J Kelly withdraws 134 November 27 William Dock Walls withdraws 138 DecemberDecember 3 Deadline for challenges to be filed 407 Chico Enyia Fioretti Joyce Kozlar Mallory Preckwinkle Vallas and Wilson were not challenged and were therefore certified as candidates and granted ballot status 69 408 Challenges were filed against the petitions of Brown Cook Brown D Tycoon Daley Ford Green Hykes Clark Lightfoot Mayers McCarthy Mendoza Sales Griffin and Washington 69 70 December 20 Daley 409 and McCarthy 410 are both officially granted ballot status December 27 Deadline to declare intent to run as a write in candidates Mendoza is officially granted ballot status 411 The petitions of Hykes Clark 125 412 413 Mallory 125 and Mayers 125 413 414 are rejected effectively removing these candidates names from the ballot 70 Ja Mal Green files to withdraw his name from the ballot and instead run as a write in 111 112 113 December 31 Ja Mal Green withdraws 109 2019 Edit JanuaryJanuary 2 Lightfoot is officially granted ballot status 73 The petitions of Brown D Tycoon 108 and Washington 133 are rejected effectively removing their names from the ballot 70 January 12 Ford is officially granted ballot status 98 January 22 Sales Griffin is officially granted ballot status 415 The petition of Brown Cook is rejected effectively removing her name from the ballot 416 January 29 Early voting begins for first round of election 67 68 FebruaryFebruary 26 First round of election is heldMarchMarch 15 Early voting begins for the runoff election 314 417 AprilApril 2 Runoff election is heldReferences Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE FEBRUARY 26 2019 MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE 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