1935 Chicago mayoral election

1935 Chicago mayoral election

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Nominee Edward J. Kelly Emil C. Wetten Newton Jenkins
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 798,150 166,571 87,726
Percentage 75.84% 15.83% 8.34%

Mayor before election

Edward J. Kelly
Democratic

Elected mayor

Edward J. Kelly
Democratic

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1935, incumbent Interim Mayor Edward J. Kelly (who had been appointed to office of mayor after the assassination of Anton Cermak) defeated Republican Emil C. Wetten and independent candidate Newton Jenkins by a landslide 60% margin of victory.

Both major parties held primary elections to select their nominees. In the Democratic Party primary, Interim Mayor Kelly won a massive majority over three opponents, winning 88.92% of the overall vote. In the Republican primary, Wetten won a sizable majority against two opponents. Businessman Mortimer B. Flynn was the strongest of his opponents. The second opponent, Grace Gray, was the first woman to ever file as a candidate for mayor of Chicago.