2019 Chicago mayoral election explained

Election Name:2019 Chicago mayoral election
Country:Chicago
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Chicago mayoral election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2023 Chicago mayoral election
Next Year:2023
Election Date:February 26, 2019 (first round)
April 2, 2019 (runoff)
Turnout:35.20% 5.78 pp[1] [2] (first round)
32.89% 2.31 pp[3] [4] (second round)
1Blank:First round
2Blank:Runoff
Image1:File:Lori Lightfoot at MacLean Center (02) (b).png
Candidate1:Lori Lightfoot
Colour1:008c21
1Data1:97,667
17.54%
2Data1:386,039
73.70%
Candidate2:Toni Preckwinkle
Colour2:4170cd
1Data2:89,343
16.04%
2Data2:137,765
26.30%
Image3:File:William M. Daley official portrait (cropped).jpg
Candidate3:Bill Daley
Colour3:b25f00
1Data3:82,294
14.78%
2Data3:Eliminated
Image4:File:Willie Wilson 2015.jpg
Candidate4:Willie Wilson
Colour4:c6175d
1Data4:59,072
10.61%
2Data4:Eliminated
Image5:File:Susana Mendoza Blue Suit (a).jpg
Candidate5:Susana Mendoza
Colour5:9d40cc
1Data5:50,373
9.05%
2Data5:Eliminated
Image6:File:Amara Enyia 2018.jpg
Candidate6:Amara Enyia
Colour6:0fa070
1Data6:44,589
8.00%
2Data6:Eliminated
Image7:Jerry Joyce (cropped).jpg
Candidate7:Jerry Joyce
Colour7:737373
1Data7:40,099
7.20%
2Data7:Eliminated
Image8:File:Gery Chico 2018 (a).jpg
Candidate8:Gery Chico
Colour8:1eafaf
1Data8:34,521
6.20%
2Data8:Eliminated
Image9:File:Paul Vallas in March 2023 (3x4b) (adjusted2).jpg
Candidate9:Paul Vallas
Colour9:d02923
1Data9:30,236
5.43%
2Data9:Eliminated
Mayor
Before Election:Rahm Emanuel
After Election:Lori Lightfoot

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]

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. One month later, Troy LaRaviere became the first opponent to declare their intent to run against Emanuel.

Later, in 2018, more opponents would declare their intent to run against Emanuel, with Garry McCarthy and Willie Wilson doing so in March, Dorothy A. Brown Cook, Ja'Mal Green, and Neal Sáles-Griffin doing so in April, Lori Lightfoot, John Kozlar, and Paul Vallas doing so in May, Matthew Rooney doing so in June,[12] and Amara Enyia and Jerry Joyce doing so in August. By the end of the Summer of 2018, a dozen individuals had declared their candidacies.[13]

On September 4, 2018, Emanuel announced that he would no longer be seeking re-election. Emanuel's announcement shook up the race, with many new candidates declaring their candidacies for mayor in the weeks that followed.[14]

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.[15] [16] [17]

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.[18] [19] [20]

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.[21] 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.[21] Another issue was crime.[21] 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.[21] Another issue was the use of tax increment financing by the city.[21] Affordable housing was another issue debated.[21] Ethics reforms were also debated.[21] Taxes were another issue debated, with some candidates advocating for a commuter tax and some candidates advocating for a property tax freeze.[22]

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.

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 runoff. 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.[23] 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.[24] 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.[25]

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.[26] [27] [28] She was seen as a long-shot when she first entered the race.[14] In late-January, Lightfoot's support in publicly released polls had only ranged between 2% and 5%. Despite her low poll numbers in January, Lightfoot had persisted in her campaign, performing well in debates and running some ads on television.[26] She won the endorsement of the Chicago Sun-Times.[26] 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."[26] 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.[26] 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.[14] [29] [30] 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.[31] 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.[32]

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.[30] Hispanic candidates Gery Chico and Susana Mendoza were seen as vying for the Hispanic vote.[30] Toni Preckwinkle and Willie Wilson were seen as targeting the black vote.[30] [33] Bill Daley was seen as targeting the white vote.[30] 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.[30]

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.[34]

In what was considered a "sweep" of the city's major publications,[35] retaining her endorsement from the Chicago Sun-Times, for the runoff, Lightfoot also received the endorsements of the Chicago Tribune and Crain's Chicago Business (both of which had endorsed Bill Daley in the first round).

Both Lightfoot and Preckwinkle positioned themselves as self-declared, "progressives".[36] 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.)"[37]

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.[38] Lightfoot criticized Preckwinkle's connections with controversial figures such as Ed Burke and Joseph Berrios.[38]

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.[39] 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.[39] 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.[39] 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.[39] Preckwinkle defended retaining the practice of "aldermanic prerogative", while Lightfoot sought to bring an end to the practice.[39] 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.[38]

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.[40]

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. 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. 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.

The deadline to file a notarized declaration of intent to be a write–in candidate was December 27, 2018.[41] 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).[41]

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.[41] [42] 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.[42] 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.[41]

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.[43] [44] [45]

The total of fourteen candidates on the February mayoral ballot is record-setting for Chicago mayoral elections.[46] [47] [48]

Candidates who advanced to runoff

CandidateExperienceAnnouncedRef
The following candidates advanced to the runoff election held on April 2[49] [50]

Lori Lightfoot		Former President of the Chicago Police Board 2015–2018Chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force

(Website)		[51] [52]

Toni Preckwinkle		President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2010
Former Alderman from the 4th ward 1991–2010

(Website)		[53] [54]

Candidates eliminated in the first round

Write-in candidates

A full list of eligible write-ins was made available to precincts on election day.[88]

Petitions rejected

The following candidates had been denied inclusion on the ballot following successful challenges to their petitions:[49] [50] [89]

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 were prospective and speculative candidates that declined to run:

Endorsements

Runoff

Fundraising

First round

Campaign finance reports as of February 25, 2019
CandidateTotal 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
[163]

Runoff

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

Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2019
CandidateTotal receipts
Toni Preckwinkle$7,114,662.62
Lori Lightfoot$5,773,302.07
[164]

Polling

First round

Only showing polls by more-established polling sources: ALG Research, Change Research, David Binder Research, Global Strategy Group, Lake Research Partners, Mason Dixon, Ogden & Fry, RABA Research, Public Policy Polling, Tulchin Research, Victory Research, We Ask America

Poll sourceDate(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		UndecidedOther
Change Research[165] February 22–23, 2019706±3.7%–9% align=center14%4%2%1%8%0% align=center14%5%10% align=center14%1%6%9%––
L2T Research & Survey (Vallas)[166] February 21, 20198,700––– align=center10.16%–––––––6.29%8.64%– align=center10.75%–64.17%–
Joyce campaign-sponsored poll[167] February 14–15, 2019–––11%11%–––10%– align=center18%–11% align=center14%––12%––
Independent poll[168] February 12–14, 2019––– align=center14% align=center15%––––– align=center14%–10%12%–––––
Mason Dixon[169] February 11–13, 2019–±4.0%–9% align=center13%7%1%1%4%0%10%3%12% align=center14%1%2%4%19%–
Tulchin Research[170] [171] February 6–10, 2019500 (LV)±4.38–5%10%8%–1%––9%5%10% align=center21%–7% align=center11%13%–
Ogden & Fry[172] February 9, 2019716±3.74%–7.1%11.9%–––––––5.7% align=center16.1%–– align=center13.3%25.6%20.4%
Campaign-sponsored poll[173] ––––11% align=center14%7%––––7%–7% align=center16%–––––
Victory Research[174] January 26–29, 2019801±3.46%–8.4% align=center13.9%2.0%6.1%1.1%1.0%0.5%4.1%5.1% align=center12.4%11.5%0.0%5.6%12.2%16.1%–
We Ask America[175] [176] January 21–23, 2019644±3.5%4̶.̶7̶%̶9.3% align=center12.1%3.1%0.9%1.2%0.9%0.6%2.8%3.7%8.7% align=center12.7%0.0%4.3%9%––
David Binder Research[177] January 19–21, 2019500±4.4%–4% align=center9%5%––––5%4% align=center9% align=center15%–4%6%34%–
Global Strategy Group[178] [179] (Mendoza)January 10–15, 2019600±4.0%––9%––––––– align=center11% align=center11%–––––
David Binder ResearchDecember 12–16, 2018500±4.4%–1%10%6%––––5%6% align=center11% align=center24%–7%6%19%–
Lake Research Partners[180] December 11–16, 2018600±4.0%4%5%10%7%1%1%––5%7% align=center12% align=center18%–6%6%19%–
Tulchin Research[181] December 10–16, 2018600±4.0%–3%10%6%–2%––3%8% align=center12% align=center22%–10%7%19%–
ALG Research[182] [183] [184] December 4–9, 2018600–6%3%9%5%––––4%7% align=center16% align=center21%–6%8%––
4%4%12%4%––––3%6% align=center20% align=center22%––7%––
Global Strategy Group[185] [186] November 8–11, 2018–±4.0%––16%––––––8% align=center24% align=center19%–7%9%––
––9%––––––7% align=center13% align=center15%–6%8%––

Runoff

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Lori
Lightfoot		Toni
Preckwinkle		Undecided
Temkin/Harris with Normington, Petts & Associates[194] [195] [196] March 18–20, 2019500±4.4% align=center53%17%29%
Jason McGrath (Lightfoot)February 28 – March 3, 2019799±3.5% align=center59%29%–
FM3[197] [198] [199] [200] February 27–28, 2019400 (LV)±4.9% align=center58%30%12%
Change ResearchFebruary 22–23, 2019706±3.7% align=center42%25%–
Ward poll(s)The following are runoff polls limited to voters in a single ward:

Hypothetical runoff polling

with Gery Chico and Susana Mendoza
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Bill
Daley		Susana
Mendoza
ALG ResearchDecember 4–9, 2018600–29% align=center56%
32% align=center56%
Global Strategy GroupNovember 8–11, 2018600±4.0%29% align=center47%
21% align=center55%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Bill
Daley		Toni
Preckwinkle		Undecided
Change ResearchFebruary 22–23, 2019706±3.7% align=center39%32%–
Tulchin ResearchFebruary 6–10, 2019500 (LV)±4.3838% align=center50%12%
We Ask America[202] January 10–15, 2019644±4.0% align=center40.1%38.2%21.7%
Tulchin ResearchDecember 10–16, 2018600±4.0%31% align=center49%20%
ALG ResearchDecember 4–9, 2018600–32% align=center51%
–34% align=center50%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Susana
Mendoza		Toni
Preckwinkle		Undecided
Tulchin ResearchFebruary 6–10, 2019500 (LV)±4.3839% align=center46%18%
We Ask AmericaJanuary 10–15, 2019644±4.0% align=center43.5%35.1%21.4%
Global Strategy GroupJanuary 10–15, 2019600±4.0% align=center43%30%
Tulchin ResearchDecember 10–16, 2018600±4.0%39% align=center42%19%
ALG ResearchDecember 4–9, 2018600– align=center45%39%
44%44%12%
Global Strategy GroupNovember 8–11, 2018600±4.0% align=center47%35%
align=center39%34%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Rahm
Emanuel		Lori
Lightfoot		Undecided
Public Policy PollingAugust 2018722 align=center38%33%20%
Jason McGrath (Lightfoot) July 7–9, 2018800±0%40% align=center50%–
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Rahm
Emanuel		Paul
Vallas		Undecided
Public Policy PollingAugust 201872233% align=center39%28%
Global Strategy GroupJuly 22–29, 2018600±4% align=center44%37%–

Other polling

If Rahm Emanuel were running for re-election, would you vote for him?

Results

First round

Results by ward

Seven candidates each had pluralities in at least one of the city's fifty wards.[2] [203] [204] [205] [206]

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).[207] 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.[207]

Results by ward
WardChicoDaleyEnyiaFiorettiFordJoyceKolzarLightfootMcCarthyMendozaPreckwinkleSales-GriffinVallasWilsonTotal
votes		Turnout
%
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
1637 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%
2612 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%
3492 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%
4361 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%
5247 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%
6257 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%
7350 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%
8368 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%
9369 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%
101,952 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%
11726 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%
12887 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%
131,866 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%
141,271 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%
15746 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%
16268 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%
17288 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%
18731 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%
191,050 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%
20217 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%
21360 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%
22683 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%
231,303 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%
24152 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%
251,026 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%
26732 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%
27404 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%
28301 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%
29458 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%
30744 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%
31725 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%
32615 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%
33678 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%
34330 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%
35538 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%
36672 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%
37196 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%
381,151 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%
391,046 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%
40688 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%
411,633 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%
42707 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%
43652 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%
44709 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%
451,266 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%
46610 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%
47820 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%
48571 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%
49469 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%
50587 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

Results by ward

Lightfoot won all fifty of the city's wards.[4] [208] [209] 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.[210]

The only neighborhood to back Preckwinkle over Lightfoot was Preckwinkle's home neighborhood of Hyde Park.[211] Preckwinkle's strongest support was in Hyde Park and its surrounding area, with Preckwinkle only managing to outperform Lightfoot in a single precinct that was located away from that part of the city.[212]

Results by ward
WardLightfootPreckwinkleTotal votesTurnout %
Votes%Votes%
17,762 71.42% 3,106 28.58% 10,868 29.20%
210,430 80.89% 2,464 19.11% 12,894 32.09%
39,284 70.01% 3,977 29.99% 13,261 34.94%
48,663 59.72% 5,842 40.28% 14,505 39.94%
57,522 54.38% 6,311 45.62% 13,833 43.14%
67,549 66.88% 3,739 33.12% 11,288 34.31%
77,099 67.56% 3,409 32.44% 10,508 32.48%
89,327 65.99% 4,806 34.01% 14,133 37.56%
98,251 69.67% 3,592 30.33% 11,843 32.51%
105,281 81.67% 1,185 18.33% 6,466 23.93%
116,483 74.31% 2,241 25.69% 8,724 30.61%
123,061 74.35% 1,056 25.65% 4,117 20.05%
137,201 84.95% 1,276 15.05% 8,477 29.70%
143,853 81.87% 853 18.13% 4,706 21.90%
153,974 74.32% 1,373 25.68% 5,347 27.98%
164,085 69.77% 1,770 30.23% 5,855 23.39%
175,736 69.59% 2,507 30.41% 8,243 27.61%
188,439 73.38% 3,061 26.62% 11,500 33.82%
1915,931 84.33% 2,961 15.67% 18,892 50.16%
205,110 65.81% 2,655 34.19% 7,765 20.56%
219,416 68.97% 4,237 31.03% 13,653 36.15%
222,820 75.20% 930 24.80% 3,750 18.40%
235,757 83.56% 1,133 16.44% 6,890 26.59%
244,576 69.49% 2,009 30.51% 6,585 24.21%
256,883 71.81% 2,702 28.19% 9,585 32.01%
264,867 66.22% 2,483 33.78% 7,350 25.05%
277,414 70.78% 3,061 29.22% 10,475 27.71%
286,004 71.81% 2,357 28.19% 8,361 25.04%
298,169 73.40% 2,961 26.60% 11,130 30.71%
305,790 73.67% 2,069 26.33% 7,859 30.33%
314,866 73.28% 1,774 26.72% 6,640 26.55%
3210,027 78.91% 2,680 21.09% 12,707 33.87%
338,127 70.93% 3,330 29.07% 11,457 41.16%
348,304 68.78% 3,770 31.22% 12,074 32.41%
354,632 66.51% 2,332 33.49% 6,964 26.72%
364,557 81.96% 1,003 18.04% 5,560 22.51%
375,686 72.72% 2,133 27.28% 7,819 24.60%
388,498 83.87% 1,634 16.13% 10,132 30.25%
3910,523 79.00% 2,798 21.00% 13,321 40.23%
409,954 71.55% 3,958 28.45% 13,912 43.05%
4113,026 87.53% 1,856 12.47% 14,882 39.79%
4211,086 84.32% 2,061 15.68% 13,147 29.95%
4311,756 83.58% 2,309 16.42% 14,065 38.59%
4410,904 80.47% 2,646 19.53% 13,550 35.20%
4510,041 81.50% 2,279 18.50% 12,320 34.90%
4610,400 73.06% 3,835 26.94% 14,235 40.69%
4714,302 74.78% 4,824 25.22% 19,126 47.97%
4810,452 70.27% 4,421 29.73% 14,873 43.26%
496,584 63.32% 3,814 36.68% 10,398 35.00%
505,577 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.[213] [214] [215]

The 35.32% turnout was higher than that of the first round of the 2015 election,[216] but was lower than that of the 2015 runoff.[217] Turnout was lower than in the previous open race in 2011.[218]

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.[219]

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.[220]

Timeline

2017

2018

March
April
May
August
September
November
December

2019

January
February
March
April

External links

Notes and References

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