2003 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 2003 Chicago mayoral election Chicago presidential no 1999 Chicago mayoral election 1999 2007 Chicago mayoral election 2007 February 25, 2003 32.26%https://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/proclamations/Proc-2003-02-25.pdf TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003 A.D. Chicago Board of Elections 20 February 2020 9.64 pp Richard M. Daley at DOT HQ 398-D-75362-DSC 5208 (3x4 2).jpg Richard M. Daley c0c0c0 363,553 78.46% Paul Jakes Jr. in 2022.jpeg 150x150px Paul Jakes Jr. c0c0c0 64,941 14.02% File:3x4.svg Patricia McAllister c0c0c0 27,350 5.90% Chicago mayoral election, 2003.svg 230px Ward resultsDaley: #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 >90% Mayor Richard M. Daley Richard M. Daley The Chicago mayoral election of 2003 saw incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley easily reelected against small and divided opposition, resulting in his best electoral showing of his career, winning by a landslide 64 point margin. Candidates Incumbent mayor Richard M. Daley ran without significant challengers on the ballot. His challengers could have potentially been denied ballot access had Daley challenged them for collecting an insufficient number of valid signatures in their petitions (mayoral candidates were required by law to collect 25,000 in order to garner ballot access, and only Jakes came near that amount). In such an instance, Daley would have been unopposed on the ballot. However Daley did not challenge his opponents' ballot access.The Illusion of an Election https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/01/06/the-illusion-of-an-election Chicago Tribune 6 January 2003 On ballot Richard M. Daley, incumbent mayor Paul Jakes Jr., minister Joseph McAfee, minister Patricia McAllister, businesswoman Withdrew after qualifying for ballot Robert Floid Plump, minister and musician Withdrew without submitting ballot petition James Meeks, state senator Campaign On December 9, 2002, a spokesperson for Daley confirmed that Daley would be announcing his candidacy for re-election.Chicago's Mayor Plans to Seek Re-election https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/us/chicago-s-mayor-plans-to-seek-re-election.html The Associated Press The New York Times 1 June 2020 9 December 2002 Daley's candidacy was widely anticipated. A popular incumbent, Daley had won strong victories in the preceding four consecutive mayoral elections. He was anticipated to become the city's second-longest tenured mayor (after only his own father, Richard J. Daley –who served more than 22 years) when he surpassed Edward Joseph Kelly at the end of the term he was already elected to.Kreiter Marcella S. Daley Heads For Easy Victory https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/02/25/Daley-heads-for-easy-victory/4811046149200 UPI 16 January 2025 en February 23, 2003 All three of Daley's opponents were African Americans.Daley: A Retrospective: A Historical Exploration of Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley by Chicago Tribune Staff Dec 18, 2012Daley Reign Continues In Chicago by Jarrett Murphy (Associated Press) February 26, 2003 Both Jakes,Jakes, a true believer, stands alone - Chicago Tribune and McAfeeRev. Moon and the black clergy - Chicago Tribune were clergy. McAllister was a businesswoman. A fourth African-American candidate, Robert Floid Plump (who the Chicago Tribune reported to be a "self-described South Side minister and musician"), withdrew in mid-January citing concern about splitting the African-American vote.Candidate Leaves Mayor's Race https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/01/15/candidate-leaves-mayors-race Chicago Tribune 16 January 2025 15 January 2003 Also briefly challenging Daley, but withdrawing from the race before ballot petitions were to be submitted, had been James Meeks (also African-American).Felton Robert Dorothy Brown Reacts to Criticism from Meeks https://www.austinweeklynews.com/News/Articles/1-10-2007/Dorothy-Brown-reacts-to-criticism-from-Meeks/ Austin Weekly News 16 June 2020 10 January 2007 All of Daley's opponents on the ballot had little electoral experience. They struggled in fundraising (each only raising several thousand dollars)Dizon Nicole Ziegler Chicago Mayor Seeks 5th Term Amid Tragedy https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Chicago-Mayor-Seeks-5th-Term-Amid-Tragedy-7082820.php Midland Daily News 14 January 2025 en 24 February 2003 and failed to receive backing from black leaders. They also lacked name recognition. Their prospects of unseating Daley were seen as dim. While the election was nonpartisan, all candidates running were Democrats.Morris Joseph A. Mayoral Election https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-02-23-0302230323-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune 23 February 2003 As was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.Rudin Kevin Chicago's Long-Running Daley Show https://www.npr.org/2007/02/21/7523657/chicagos-long-running-daley-show NPR 16 January 2025 February 21, 2007The last debate he had engaged in was during the 1989 Democratic mayoral primary. In the final weeks before the election, Daley's mother (former first lady of Chicago Eleanor "Sis" Daley) died, and the city saw fatal tragedy with the E2 nightclub stampede. After his mother's death, Daley ceased making campaign appearances, though he continued airing television advertisements.Kreiter Marcella S. Daley Heads for Easy Victory https://www.upi.com/Archives/2003/02/25/Daley-heads-for-easy-victory/4811046149200/ UPI 21 January 2025 en February 25, 2003 Endorsements December 2018 Results The election saw what was, up to that point, the lowest turnout in Chicago mayoral election history. Daley won a majority of the vote in each of the city's 50 wards. Daley received his highest-ever vote share, surpassing the 71.91% he had received in the previous election. His 78.46% was the third-highest vote share in Chicago mayoral history, behind only Jane Byrne's 1979 share of 82.05% and James H. Woodworth's 1849 share of 80.02%. He surpassed his own father's best result of 77.67% in 1975. By winning his fifth mayoral election, Daley tied Carter Harrison III and Carter Harrison IV for the second-most mayoral election victories in Chicago history. Daley would subsequently win an additional mayoral election in 2007, thereby surpassing both Harrisons and tying his own father's record for the most mayoral election victories. Mayor of Chicago 2003https://chicagoelections.com/en/election-results.asp?election=110 2003 Municipal General - 2/25/03 November 30, 2018 November 30, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181130113139/https://chicagoelections.com/en/election-results.asp?election=110 dead (General Election) Nonpartisan candidate Richard M. Daley (incumbent) 363,553 78.46 Nonpartisan candidate Paul L. Jakes Jr. 64,941 14.02 Nonpartisan candidate Patricia McAllister 27,350 5.90 Nonpartisan candidate Joseph McAfee 7,488 1.62 Write-in Johnnie H. Barnes 2 0.00 Write-in Joel W. Britton 1 0.00 463,335 Results by ward Ward Daley Jakes McAfee McAllister Total Turnout % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 1 5,892 84.49% 501 7.18% 119 1.71% 462 6.62% 6,974 26.93% 2 5,632 70.05% 1,745 21.70% 125 1.55% 538 6.69% 8,040 28.78% 3 4,930 61.97% 2,163 27.19% 183 2.30% 680 8.55% 7,956 32.67% 4 6,153 62.21% 2,688 27.18% 194 1.96% 856 8.65% 9,891 35.54% 5 5,693 62.54% 2,445 26.86% 198 2.18% 767 8.43% 9,103 31.79% 6 7,457 58.08% 4,008 31.21% 294 2.29% 1,081 8.42% 12,840 34.70% 7 5,610 61.39% 2,547 27.87% 234 2.56% 748 8.18% 9,139 28.26% 8 8,484 61.34% 3,816 27.59% 390 2.82% 1,142 8.26% 13,832 35.80% 9 6,012 61.13% 2,781 28.28% 221 2.25% 820 8.34% 9,834 27.94% 10 6,867 89.86% 412 5.39% 92 1.20% 271 3.55% 7,642 28.43% 11 12,129 95.90% 207 1.64% 79 0.62% 233 1.84% 12,648 57.78% 12 4,405 92.85% 123 2.59% 49 1.03% 167 3.52% 4,744 39.60% 13 12,168 94.26% 291 2.25% 105 0.81% 345 2.67% 12,909 54.22% 14 5,455 95.22% 101 1.76% 37 0.65% 136 2.37% 5,729 44.55% 15 4,125 66.23% 1,492 23.96% 101 1.62% 510 8.19% 6,228 23.81% 16 3,868 66.10% 1,371 23.43% 130 2.22% 483 8.25% 5,852 24.64% 17 5,847 62.39% 2,573 27.45% 192 2.05% 760 8.11% 9,372 28.14% 18 10,018 72.75% 2,717 19.73% 179 1.30% 857 6.22% 13,771 39.95% 19 16,882 83.86% 1,704 8.46% 383 1.90% 1,161 5.77% 20,130 56.35% 20 4,290 62.23% 1,855 26.91% 180 2.61% 569 8.25% 6,894 28.90% 21 8,391 59.35% 4,371 30.92% 270 1.91% 1,105 7.82% 14,137 33.56% 22 3,043 84.69% 281 7.82% 47 1.31% 222 6.18% 3,593 24.24% 23 13,925 91.52% 526 3.46% 190 1.25% 575 3.78% 15,216 51.65% 24 5,151 59.04% 2,695 30.89% 173 1.98% 705 8.08% 8,724 26.97% 25 6,353 86.51% 472 6.43% 110 1.50% 409 5.57% 7,344 39.12% 26 4,959 83.51% 499 8.40% 100 1.68% 380 6.40% 5,938 27.03% 27 5,307 71.06% 1,548 20.73% 118 1.58% 495 6.63% 7,468 26.03% 28 4,380 60.57% 2,156 29.82% 131 1.81% 564 7.80% 7,231 23.21% 29 7,735 71.67% 2,286 21.18% 119 1.10% 652 6.04% 10,792 37.73% 30 5,450 90.94% 231 3.85% 65 1.08% 247 4.12% 5,993 31.59% 31 4,885 91.84% 166 3.12% 57 1.07% 211 3.97% 5,319 27.18% 32 6,709 88.68% 399 5.27% 105 1.39% 352 4.65% 7,565 23.25% 33 6,218 91.47% 253 3.72% 68 1.00% 259 3.81% 6,798 41.07% 34 7,472 61.44% 3,498 28.76% 267 2.20% 924 7.60% 12,161 30.51% 35 6,723 83.01% 647 7.99% 149 1.84% 580 7.16% 8,099 36.45% 36 9,860 91.02% 439 4.05% 135 1.25% 399 3.68% 10,833 37.39% 37 4,841 63.81% 2,045 26.96% 121 1.60% 579 7.63% 7,586 25.42% 38 8,656 91.56% 321 3.40% 132 1.40% 345 3.65% 9,454 35.07% 39 7,229 91.83% 268 3.40% 91 1.16% 284 3.61% 7,872 33.59% 40 5,831 89.28% 338 5.18% 64 0.98% 298 4.56% 6,531 30.82% 41 12,766 87.55% 688 4.72% 293 2.01% 835 5.73% 14,582 40.50% 42 9,281 90.01% 499 4.84% 119 1.15% 412 4.00% 10,311 30.60% 43 6,062 89.85% 363 5.38% 84 1.24% 238 3.53% 6,747 19.97% 44 8,939 89.26% 457 4.56% 136 1.36% 483 4.82% 10,015 30.47% 45 12,026 90.35% 474 3.56% 207 1.56% 604 4.54% 13,311 44.54% 46 8,804 83.57% 938 8.90% 167 1.59% 626 5.94% 10,535 38.26% 47 10,706 86.46% 757 6.11% 173 1.40% 746 6.02% 12,382 40.22% 48 7,434 85.76% 697 8.04% 103 1.19% 434 5.01% 8,668 32.81% 49 5,275 78.40% 797 11.85% 126 1.87% 530 7.88% 6,728 33.72% 50 7,061 91.89% 280 3.64% 79 1.03% 264 3.44% 7,684 35.41% References collapsed 2003 Chicago Category:2003 Illinois elections Category:2003 in Chicago Category:Richard M. 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