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2019 Chicago mayoral election

An election for Mayor of Chicago in which the first round was held on February 26, 2019. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019. Incumbent Rahm Emanuel was able to run for a third term, as there are no term limits for the office of Mayor of Chicago, but on September 4, 2018 declined to seek a third term.[4][5]

2019 Chicago mayoral election
← 2015 February 26 and April 2, 2019 2023 →
Turnout35.32%[1][2] Decrease 5.78 pp (first round)
31.28%[3] Decrease 4.04 pp (second round)
  Lori Lightfoot at MacLean Center (10a).png Toni Preckwinkle (3107244285).jpg William M. Daley official portrait (cropped).jpg
Candidate Lori Lightfoot Toni Preckwinkle Bill Daley
First-round vote 97,330 88,998 82,019
First-round percentage 17.54% 16.04% 14.78%
Second-round vote 364,965 130,327
Second-round percentage 73.69% 26.31%
  Willie Wilson 2015.jpg Susana Mendoza Blue Suit (a).jpg Amara Enyia 2018.jpg
Candidate Willie Wilson Susana Mendoza Amara Enyia
First-round vote 58,831 50,199 44,372
First-round percentage 10.60% 9.05% 8.00%
  Jerry Joyce (cropped).jpg Gery Chico 2018 (a).jpg Paul Vallas 2018 (a).jpg
Candidate Jerry Joyce Gery Chico Paul Vallas
First-round vote 40,014 34,420 30,154
First-round percentage 7.21% 6.20% 5.44%
Chicago mayoral election, 2019 runoff (Lori Lightfoot).svg
Lightfoot won all 50 wards in the runoff
     84–88%

     79–84%      74–79%      69–74%      64–69%      59–64%

     54-59%
Mayor before election

Rahm Emanuel

 Elected Mayor

Lori Lightfoot

Emanuel was first elected in 2011, when he took 55.19% of the vote in a four candidate field. He was reelected in 2015, receiving 55.7% of the vote in the runoff election.

The total of fourteen candidates on the mayoral ballot is record-setting for Chicago mayoral elections.[6]

In the first round election, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle advanced to the runoff election.[7] Lightfoot was elected in a victory landslide, becoming the first African-American woman mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot will also be the first openly LGBT Mayor of Chicago.[8] Lightfoot won all fifty of the city's wards.[9]

Candidates

Second round

Name Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates have advanced to the runoff election on April 2 [10][11]
 
Lori Lightfoot 		Former President of the Chicago Police Board 2015–2018 May 10, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[4][12][13][14]
 
Toni Preckwinkle 		President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2010
Former Alderman from the 4th Ward 1991–2010 		September 20, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[13][15][16][17]

Eliminated in first round

Name Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates were eliminated/conceded in the first round
 
Gery Chico 		Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education 2011–2015 September 17, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine) 		[10][18][19][20][21][22]
 
William M. Daley 		White House Chief of Staff 2011–2012
United States Secretary of Commerce 1997–2000 		September 14, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-02-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[10][23][24][25][26]
 
Amara Enyia 		Director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce August 28, 2018
 
(Website) 		[12][13][27][28][29]
 
Robert Fioretti 		Former Alderman from the 2nd Ward 2007–2015 November 26, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine) 		[30][31][32][33][34]
 
La Shawn Ford 		Member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 2007 November 12, 2018
 
(Website) 		[35][36][37][38][39][40]
 
Neal Sáles-Griffin 		CEO of CodeNow March 11, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[12][41][42]
 
Jerry Joyce 		Former Assistant States Attorney August 29, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[13][15][43]
 
John Kozlar 		Candidate for Alderman from the 11th Ward in 2011 and 2015 May 30, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine) 		[12][44]
 
Garry McCarthy 		Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department 2011–2015 March 21, 2018
 
(Website) 		[10][18][45][46]
 
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) 		[12][13][47][48][49]
 
Paul Vallas 		Former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools 1995–2001 March 28, 2018
 
(Website) 		[15][50][51]
 
Willie Wilson 		Businessman
Owner of Omar Medical Supplies 		March 29, 2018
 
(Website Archived 2019-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) 		[15][52]

Rejected

Withdrawn

  • Rahm Emanuel, incumbent Mayor. Withdrew on September 4, 2018[56]
  • Ja'Mal Green, Executive director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center. Withdrew on December 31, 2018[57][58]
  • John Kass, columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Withdrew on September 24, 2018[59][60]
  • Troy LaRaviere, President of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association. Withdrew on November 13, 2018[4][18][61][62]

Polling

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 		Paul
Vallas 		Willie
Wilson 		Other Undecided
2019
Global Strategy Group[63][64] January 10-15 600 ±4.0% - - 9% - - - - - - - 11% 11% - - - -
2018
Tulchin Research[65] December 10-16 600 ±4.0% - 3% 10% 6% - 2% - - 3% 8% 12% 22% 10% 7% - 19%
ALG Research[66][67][68] December, 4-9 600 - 6% 3% 9% 5% - - - - 4% 7% 16% 21% 6% 8% - -
ALG Research[67] December, 4-9 600 - 4% 4% 12% 4% - - - - 3% 6% 20% 22% - 7% - -

Early polling

Mendoza vs. Preckwinkle

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Susana
Mendoza 		Toni
Preckwinkle 		Undecided
Global Strategy Group[63] January 10–15 600 ±4.0% 43% 30%
Tulchin Research[65] December 10-16 600 ±4.0% 39% 42% 19%
ALG Research[66][67][68] December 4–9 600 - 45% 39%
ALG Research[66][67][68] December 4–9 600 - 44% 44% 12%
Global Strategy Group[73] November 8–11 600 +/-4.0% 47% 35%
Global Strategy Group[73] November 8–11 600 +/-4.0% 39% 34%

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2019 Chicago Mayoral Election Media

  • 2019 Chicago Mayor runoff election by precinct

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

  • Toni Preckwinkle (3107244285) white background (1)

References

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