1939 Chicago mayoral election

1939 Chicago mayoral election

← 1935 April 5, 1939 1943 →
 
Nominee Edward J. Kelly Dwight H. Green
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 822,469 638,068
Percentage 56.12% 43.54%

Mayor before election

Edward J. Kelly
Democratic

Elected mayor

Edward J. Kelly
Democratic

The Chicago mayoral election of 1939 was held on April 5, 1939. The election saw incumbent Edward J. Kelly being reelected to a second full term (third overall term), defeating Dwight H. Green by a double-digit margin.

Both major parties held primary elections to determine their nominees. The primaries were held on February 28, 1939. Kelly won renomination in the Democratic Party primary against Thomas J. Courtney, the Cook County state's attorney. In his candidacy, Courtney had sought to challenge the city's Democratic political machine. In the Republican Party primary, Green won a massive victory over former mayor William Hale Thompson.