2007 Chicago mayoral election

2007 Chicago mayoral election

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Turnout32.44%[1][2] Increase 0.20 pp
 
Candidate Richard M. Daley Dorothy Brown William Walls
Popular vote 324,519 91,878 40,368
Percentage 71.05% 20.12% 8.84%

Results by ward:
Daley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Mayor before election

Richard M. Daley

Elected Mayor

Richard M. Daley

The Chicago mayoral election of 2007 saw incumbent mayor Richard M. Daley win a landslide victory, garnering a 51-point margin of victory.

Daley was opposed by Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and William "Dock" Walls.

  1. ^ "2007 Municipal General - 2/27/07". chicagoelections.gov. Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago.
  2. ^ "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 27, 2007 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Elections. Retrieved February 20, 2020.