| Election Name: | 1999 Chicago mayoral election |
| Country: | Chicago |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Chicago mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2003 Chicago mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Election Date: | February 23, 1999 |
| Turnout: | 41.9%[1] 0.35 pp |
| Image1: | File:Richard M. Daley 2e3d590c825333d43821d5626d273551 (3x4) (1).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Richard M. Daley |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 429,746 |
| Percentage1: | 71.91% |
| Candidate2: | Bobby Rush |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 167,845 |
| Percentage2: | 28.09% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Richard M. Daley |
| After Election: | Richard M. Daley |
The Chicago mayoral election of 1999, which took place on February 23, 1999, resulted in the re-election of incumbent Richard M. Daley over Bobby Rush, with 428,872 votes to Rush's 167,709. Daley garnered a landslide 71.9% of the total vote, winning by a 44-point margin.[2] This was the first officially nonpartisan Chicago mayoral election, per a 1995 Illinois law.
As was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.[3]
Joe Banks Jr. was denied inclusion on the ballot due to issues regarding the filing of his nomination papers.[4] [5]
Daley won a majority of the vote in 33 of the city's 50 wards.[6] Rush won a majority of the vote in the remaining 17 wards.[6]
| Ward | Richard M. Daley | Bobby L. Rush | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | ||
| 1 | 6,622 | 81.7% | 1,482 | 18.3% | 8,104 | |
| 2 | 5,856 | 51.1% | 5,595 | 48.9% | 11,451 | |
| 3 | 3,186 | 36.8% | 5,480 | 63.2% | 8,666 | |
| 4 | 5,527 | 45.0% | 6,754 | 55.0% | 12,281 | |
| 5 | 5,737 | 46.6% | 6,580 | 53.4% | 12,317 | |
| 6 | 6,530 | 41.1% | 9,372 | 58.9% | 15,902 | |
| 7 | 5,280 | 43.6% | 6,840 | 56.4% | 12,120 | |
| 8 | 7,706 | 44.2% | 9,728 | 55.8% | 17,434 | |
| 9 | 4,925 | 38.5% | 7,869 | 61.5% | 12,794 | |
| 10 | 11,969 | 87.8% | 1,664 | 12.2% | 13,633 | |
| 11 | 14,502 | 96.1% | 582 | 3.9% | 15,084 | |
| 12 | 4,639 | 91.7% | 420 | 8.3% | 5,059 | |
| 13 | 19,512 | 96.8% | 642 | 3.2% | 20,154 | |
| 14 | 9,789 | 94.7% | 552 | 5.3% | 10,341 | |
| 15 | 4,464 | 44.0% | 5,671 | 56.0% | 10,135 | |
| 16 | 3,123 | 43.0% | 4,132 | 57.0% | 7,255 | |
| 17 | 4,547 | 41.2% | 6,480 | 58.8% | 11,027 | |
| 18 | 9,505 | 55.1% | 7,731 | 44.9% | 17,236 | |
| 19 | 18,322 | 87.0% | 2,744 | 13.0% | 21,066 | |
| 20 | 3,910 | 38.8% | 6,157 | 61.2% | 10,067 | |
| 21 | 6,712 | 40.0% | 10,088 | 60.0% | 16,800 | |
| 22 | 4,851 | 74.6% | 1,650 | 25.4% | 6,501 | |
| 23 | 18,123 | 96.0% | 752 | 4.0% | 18,875 | |
| 24 | 3,956 | 41.7% | 5,539 | 58.3% | 9,495 | |
| 25 | 5,978 | 88.4% | 788 | 11.6% | 6,766 | |
| 26 | 6,744 | 84.8% | 1,212 | 15.2% | 7,956 | |
| 27 | 6,301 | 57.5% | 4,659 | 42.5% | 10,960 | |
| 28 | 3,464 | 37.9% | 5,678 | 62.1% | 9,142 | |
| 29 | 5,870 | 48.6% | 6,213 | 51.4% | 12,083 | |
| 30 | 9,071 | 94.2% | 557 | 5.8% | 9,628 | |
| 31 | 7,617 | 91.6% | 696 | 8.4% | 8,313 | |
| 32 | 11,411 | 90.6% | 1,178 | 9.4% | 12,589 | |
| 33 | 8,958 | 93.0% | 676 | 7.0% | 9,634 | |
| 34 | 6,430 | 43.5% | 8,365 | 56.5% | 14,795 | |
| 35 | 7,149 | 86.1% | 1,157 | 13.9% | 8,306 | |
| 36 | 14,333 | 93.4% | 1,016 | 6.6% | 15,349 | |
| 37 | 4,567 | 44.0% | 5,813 | 56.0% | 10,380 | |
| 38 | 13,550 | 96.2% | 532 | 3.8% | 14,082 | |
| 39 | 11,407 | 93.9% | 744 | 6.1% | 12,151 | |
| 40 | 8,169 | 89.7% | 940 | 10.3% | 9,109 | |
| 41 | 18,091 | 95.3% | 892 | 4.7% | 18,983 | |
| 42 | 13,578 | 90.5% | 1,421 | 9.5% | 14,999 | |
| 43 | 9,841 | 91.1% | 962 | 8.9% | 10,803 | |
| 44 | 9,992 | 91.4% | 939 | 8.6% | 10,931 | |
| 45 | 15,766 | 96.1% | 645 | 3.9% | 16,411 | |
| 46 | 9,381 | 78.6% | 2,550 | 21.4% | 11,931 | |
| 47 | 9,581 | 90.5% | 1,007 | 9.5% | 10,588 | |
| 48 | 8,254 | 81.4% | 1,887 | 18.6% | 10,141 | |
| 49 | 4,980 | 71.6% | 1,974 | 28.4% | 6,954 | |
| 50 | 9,096 | 92.8% | 704 | 7.2% | 9,800 | |
| Total | 428,872 | 71.9% | 167,709 | 28.1% | 596,581 | |