1980 Cook County State's Attorney election

1980 Cook County State's Attorney election

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Turnout76.77%[1][2]
 
Candidate Richard M. Daley Bernard Carey
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,058,529 1,042,287
Percentage 50.39% 49.61%

State's Attorney before election

Bernard Carey
Republican

Elected State's Attorney

Richard M. Daley
Democratic

In the 1980 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent second-term state's attorney Bernard Carey, a Republican, was unseated by Democrat Richard M. Daley.

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  2. ^ OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 1980. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. p. 82. Retrieved 20 October 2020.