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Richard Michael Daley

45th Mayor of Chicago

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Chicago. Comptroller’s Office. Annual Report. 2008.
Party
  • Democrat
  • Elected in nonpartisan elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007
Elected
  • First term:
    • February 28, 1989 (primary)
    • April 4, 1989 (general)
      • Defeated Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party) and Edward R. Vrdolyak (Republican)
  • Second term:
    • February 26, 1991 (primary)
      • Defeated Jane Byrne, Danny K. Davis and Sheila A. Jones
    • April 2, 1991 (general)
      • Defeated George S. Gottlieb (Republican), R. Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party) and James Warren (Socialist Workers Party)
  • Third term:
    • February 28, 1995 (primary)
      • Defeated Joseph E. Gardner and Sheila A. Jones
    • April 4. 1995 (general)
      • Defeated Roland Burris (Independent), Lawrence Redmond (Harold Washington Party) and Ray Wardingley (Republican)
  • Fourth term:
    • February 23, 1999 (primary non-partisan election)
      • Defeated Bobby L. Rush
    • April 13, 1999 general election not held due to winning majority in primary
  • Fifth term:
    • February 25, 2003 (primary nonpartisan election)
      • Defeated Paul Jakes, Jr., Joseph McAffee and Patricia McAllister
    • General election not held due to winning majority in the primary
  • Sixth term:
    • February 27, 2007 (primary nonpartisan election)
      • Defeated Dorothy A. Brown and William Walls, III.
    • General election not held due to winning majority in the primary
Inaugurations
Terms of Office
  • First term: 1989–1991
  • Second term: 1991–1995
  • Third term: 1995–1999
  • Fourth term: 1999–2003
  • Fifth term: 2003–2007
  • Sixth term: 2007–2011
Birth
  • April 24, 1942
  • Chicago
Personal
  • 1969: Elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention
  • 1972: Married Miss Margaret A. Corbett of Mount Lebanon, Pa.; together they had four children
  • 1972: Elected to the Illinois State Senate
  • 1980: Elected state’s attorney of Cook County, twice re-elected

Sources
  • Chicago Tribune, March 26, 1972, p. 3.
  • Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.