2015 Chicago mayoral election

An election took place on February 24, 2015, to elect the mayor of Chicago. The election was non-partisan and no candidate received a majority. A runoff election was held between the top two finishers (both Democrats) on April 7, 2015, and resulted in the reelection of incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel. The elections were concurrent with the 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections.

Emanuel ran for reelection, seeking a second term in office. In the first round, Emanuel received 46% of the vote and Democratic Cook County Commissioner Jesús "Chuy" García received 34%. Because no candidate received a majority, a runoff was held. In the runoff, Emanuel received 56.23% of the vote, winning the election. Garcia received 43.77% of the vote. 2015 was the first time the election advanced to a runoff since mayoral elections became non-partisan in 1999.

Candidates

Ran Rahm Emanuel, incumbent mayor Bob Fioretti, Chicago City Alderman Jesús "Chuy" García, Cook County Commissioner and former state senator William "Dock" Walls, community activist, businessman, former aide to Mayor Harold Washington and perennial candidate Willie Wilson, medical supply company executive

Write-in candidates William H. Calloway Christopher Ware Mary Vann

Withdrew Frederick Collins, Chicago police officerMunicipal General Election Candidate List -- February 2015 Chicago Board of Elections. Accessed December 30, 2014 Amara Enyia, urban affairs consultant and community activist William J. Kelly, political activist, columnist and Republican candidate for Illinois Comptroller in 2010 and 2014 Gerald Sconyers Robert Shaw, former Chicago City Alderman and former commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review

Removed Fenton Patterson, perennial candidate

Declined Leslie Hairston, Chicago City Alderman Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teachers Union Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Kwame Raoul, state senator Scott Waguespack, Chicago city alderman

General election Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize error RahmEmanuel RobertFioretti JesúsGarcía WilliamWalls WillieWilson Other UndecidedOgden & FryOgden & Fry February 22, 2015 737 ± 3.68% 48.3% 6.8% 26.5% 3.3% 15.2% — —APC ResearchAPC Research February ? 2015 709 ± 3.7% 45% 7% 20% 2% 7% — 18%Ogden & FryOgden & Fry February 14, 2015 736 ± 3.69% 49.2% 8.6% 23.0% 4.9% 14.4% — —Ogden & FryOgden & Fry January 31, 2015 884 ± 3.36% 41.7% 6.7% 16.6% 1.7% 9.7% — 23.5%APC ResearchAPC Research January 22–27, 2015 708 ± 3.7% 42% 10% 18% 2% 7% — 20%Ogden & FryOgden & Fry January 24, 2015 950 ± 3.24% 39.5% 7.5% 18% 1.8% 11.1% — 22.2% January 15–19, 2015 600 ± 4% 38% 8% 16% 1% 5% — 30%Ogden & Fry January 17, 2015 1,010 ± 3.15% 38% 6.7% 16.4% 1.5% 10.6% — 26.7%GQR*GQR* January 3–6, 2015 600 ± 4% 50% 10% 22% 2% 7% — 9%GQR* December 2014 600 ± 4% 48% 13% 21% — — 18% 800 ± 3.5% 44% 15% 16% — — 7% 18% November 2014 621 33% 13% 18% — — — 36% * Internal poll for the Rahm Emanuel campaign

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel RobertFioretti KarenLewis ToniPreckwinkle RobertShaw UndecidedMcKeonMcKeon May 7, 2014 511 29% 5% 10% 26% 3% 27%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel KarenLewis "QualifiedRepublican" UndecidedOgden & FryOgden & Fry August 9, 2014 1,152 ±2.9% 33.9% 20.6% 14.3% 31.3%

Results

Results by ward

Ward Emanuel votes Emanuel % Wilson votes Wilson % Fioretti votes Fioretti % García votes García % Walls votes Walls % Total votes Turnout1st3,34939.60%2603.07%6187.31%4,12848.81%1031.22%8,45828.93%2nd6,72764.47%3313.17%8638.27%2,42823.27%850.81%10,43432.17%3rd5,22349.07%1,76816.61%9548.96%2,21120.77%4894.59%10,64533.12%4th5,32944.56%1,70314.24%9427.88%3,39628.40%5884.92%11,95839.01%5th5,08844.00%1,49412.92%5334.61%3,89033.64%5884.83%11,56339.44%6th4,70342.63%2,56923.28%5194.70%2,52522.89%7176.50%11,03332.78%7th4,69043.76%2,29421.40%4394.10%2,59524.21%7006.53%10,71833.07%8th5,93843.39%2,98721.83%5694.16%3,28924.03%9036.60%13,68636.50%9th5,18643.30%2,87323.99%5174.32%2,62521.92%7776.49%11,97832.86%10th3,58637.74%4825.07%8168.59%4,50147.37%1161.22%9,50137.15%11th4,71148.93%2532.63%1,44014.95%3,14032.61%850.88%9,62937.81%12th1,28425.70%961.92%2414.82%3,33566.74%410.82%4,99727.87%13th5,82252.04%2101.88%1,0219.13%4,06736.35%670.60%11,18746.75%14th2,29337.99%1071.77%4487.42%3,15152.20%370.61%6,03633.87%15th1,40330.02%59912.82%1563.34%2,39451.23%1212.59%4,67325.63%16th2,45139.88%1,64126.70%2113.43%1,55225.25%2914.73%6,14623.57%17th3,49940.08%2,31326.50%3233.70%2,09223.97%5025.75%8,72928.53%18th4,79438.99%2,04316.62%8006.51%3,98832.44%6695.44%12,29438.68%19th7,61341.95%1,1396.28%2,50313.79%6,50935.87%3832.11%18,14751.83%20th2,80840.59%1,69324.47%2313.34%1,79825.99%3885.61%6,91826.96%21st5,69842.56%3,24924.27%5333.98%2,97322.20%9366.99%13,38935.01%22nd1,12721.18%2795.24%1372.57%3,71169.73%681.28%5,32228.15%23rd3,86840.19%2322.41%130813.59%4,16543.27%520.54%9,62542.97%24th2,65336.50%2,20930.39%3244.46%1,70123.40%3815.24%7,26827.07%25th2,58633.40%2633.40%4976.42%4,33155.94%650.84%7,74230.73%26th2,33134.33%3595.29%3485.13%3,66553.98%871.28%6,79027.48%27th4,29148.61%1,64018.58%6957.87%1,91121.65%2903.29%8,82727.51%28th3,08439.92%2,04326.45%5967.72%1,68221.77%3204.14%7,72523.84%29th4,66241.99%2,46022.16%7236.51%2,74824.75%5104.59%11,10332.17%30th2,01839.60%1492.92%3917.67%2,48948.84%490.96%5,09623.88%31st2,38140.61%1412.40%2914.96%2,99651.10%540.92%5,86327.36%32nd4,11147.61%1882.18%7128.25%3,55941.22%640.74%8,63428.34%33rd3,33240.02%2723.27%5326.39%4,08449.06%1051.26%8,32536.34%34th5,72245.46%3,12724.85%4133.28%2,58120.51%7435.90%12,58632.72%35th2,11040.02%1883.00%3365.36%3,58057.06%600.96%6,27428.72%36th2,38039.31%2814.64%61110.09%2,73145.10%520.86%6,05528.44%37th3,46541.38%2,37228.33%3734.45%1,75420.95%4094.88%12,58640.16%38th5,40848.09%3152.80%1,70515.16%3,72333.11%950.84%11,24638.00%39th5,49948.48%3553.13%1,18710.47%4,20237.05%990.87%11,34238.93%40th4,63447.26%3003.06%6366.49%413642.18%991.01%9,80535.27%41st7,15347.80%4513.01%2,64417.67%4,60530.77%1120.75%14,96543.58%42nd6,55873.52%2622.94%5486.14%1,47616.55%760.85%8,92028.49%43rd7,60871.97%2832.68%6656.29%1,93818.33%770.73%10,57134.94%44th6,05564.25%2112.24%554554%2,54326.98%610.65%9,42431.62%45th6,24348.06%4063.13%1,68212.95%4,54534.99%1150.89%12,99141.65%46th6,07957.55%5204.92%5184.90%3,31631.39%1301.23%10,56336.84%47th6,42751.47%2672.147215.77%4,98539.92%880.70%12,48837.59%48th5,90652.33%4503.99%5604.96%4,22037.39%1501.33%11,28637.89%49th3,94144.10%4925.51%4314.82%3,89343.57%1792.00%8,93635.60%50th4,39055.29%3414.29%5486.90%2,55732.20%1041.31%7,94031.87%

Runoff

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel JesúsGarcía UndecidedOgden & FryOgden & Fry March 21, 2015 951 ± 3.24% 48.5% 32.1% 18.4%We Ask AmericaWe Ask America March 16, 2015 1,374 ± 3% 51% 36% 12%Ogden & FryOgden & Fry March 15, 2015 920 ± 3.3% 55% 45% 0%APC Research Inc.APC Research Inc. March 13, 2015 712 ± 3.7% 51% 37% 11%Ogden & FryOgden & Fry March 7, 2015 1,020 ± 3.13% 43.5% 38% 18%We Ask AmericaWe Ask America February 28, 2015 1,138 ± 2.9% 49% 38% 14%Ogden & FryOgden & Fry February 28, 2015 979 ± 3.2% 42.9% 38.5% 18.6%Ogden & Fry February 25, 2015 1,058 ± 3.07% 42.7% 38.7% 18.6%GSGGSG February 25, 2015 2,659 ± 1.9% 50.4% 39.8% 9.8%Ogden & Fry January 24, 2015 950 ± 3.24% 54.9% 45.1% — January 15–19, 2015 600 ± 4% 44% 28% 27%David Binder ResearchDavid Binder Research November 23–25, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 49% 37% 14%Lake Research PartnersLake Research Partners November 2014 621 ± 3.9% 36% 31% 23%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel KarenLewis UndecidedAPC ResearchAPC Research August 6–12, 2014 800 ± 3.5% 39% 43% 14%David Binder ResearchDavid Binder Research July 24–27, 2014 600 ± ? 45% 33% 22%We Ask AmericaWe Ask America July 9, 2014 1,037 ± 3.04% 36.44% 45.35% 18.21%

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel ToniPreckwinkle UndecidedWe Ask America July 9, 2014 1,037 ± 3.04% 30.98% 55.23% 13.79%Strive StrategiesStrive Strategies March 25–26, 2014 724 ± 3.49% 32% 40% 28% Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel RobertShaw UndecidedWe Ask America July 9, 2014 1,037 ± 3.04% 47.66% 29.55% 22.79% Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror RahmEmanuel RobertFioretti UndecidedDavid Binder Research July 24–27, 2014 600 ± ? 46% 27% 27%We Ask America July 9, 2014 1,037 ± 3.04% 45.08% 30.63% 24.29%

* Internal poll for the Rahm Emanuel campaign

Results

Results by ward

Ward Emanuel votes Emanuel % García votes García % Total votes Turnout1st4,74844.26%5,97955.74%10,72735.87%2nd10,93177.17%3,23322.83%14,16442.84%3rd8,55766.24%4,36233.76%12,91939.53%4th8,244%58.90%5,753 41.10% 13,99744.93%5th7,322%55.15% 5,954 44.85% 13,276 44.58%6th7,000%56.84% 5,315 43.16% 12,315 36.23%7th6,948%56.46% 5,357 43.54% 12,305 37.54%8th9,143%58.51% 6,483 41.49% 15,626 41.38%9th7,728%58.21% 5,548 41.79% 13,276 36.14%10th 4,672 40.20%6,95159.80% 11,623 44.82%11th7,67961.39% 4,829 38.61% 12,508 48.04%12th 1,757 25.24%5,20474.76% 6,961 38.28%13th7,88755.61% 6,295 44.39% 14,182 58.37%14th 2,962 35.61%5,35564.39% 8,317 45.98%15th 2,014 31.73%4,33368.27% 6,347 34.35%16th4,02351.61% 3,772 48.39% 7,795 29.57%17th5,48455.15% 4,459 44.85% 9,943 32.30%18th7,57151.60% 7,101 48.40% 14,672 45.76%19th11,97259.43% 8,172 40.57% 20,144 56.99%20th4,35553.85% 3,733 46.15% 8,088 31.10%21st8,86458.81% 6,208 41.19% 15,072 39.17%22nd 1,458 19.63%5,97180.37% 7,429 38.82%23rd 4,905 43.36%6,40756.64% 11,312 49.67%24th4,25352.34% 3,873 47.66% 8,126 29.90%25th 3,839 38.49%6,13561.51% 9,974 38.76%26th 2,962 34.81%5,54865.19% 8,510 33.80%27th6,70563.90% 3,788 36.10% 10,493 32.18%28th5,41657.55% 3,995 42.45% 9,411 28.67%29th7,54657.27% 5,630 42.73% 13,176 37.77%30th 3,067 40.95%4,42359.05% 7,490 34.67%31st 3,192 37.74%5,26562.26% 8,457 38.81%32nd7,80862.32% 4,721 37.68% 12,529 40.31%33rd 4,412 44.40%5,52555.60% 9,937 42.60%34th8,61661.38% 5,421 38.62% 14,03736.26%35th 2,769 34.31%5,30265.69% 8,071 36.29%36th 3,551 42.28%4,84757.72% 8,398 38.89%37th5,94358.49% 4,217 41.51% 10,16032.14%38th7,64860.04% 5,090 39.96% 12,73842.60%39th7,67158.41% 5,462 41.59% 13,13344.51%40th6,52853.44% 5,688 46.56% 12,21643.28%41st12,00763.96% 6,766 36.04% 18,77353.95%42nd11,50484.93% 2,041 15.07% 13,54542.43%43rd12,33583.41% 2,454 16.59% 14,78947.90%44th10,06376.33% 3,120 23.67% 13,18343.40%45th9,34159.24% 6,427 40.76% 15,76849.82%46th8,72364.68% 4,764 35.32% 13,48745.95%47th10,16962.97% 5,980 37.03% 16,14947.77%48th8,50359.35% 5,823 40.65% 14,32647.31%49th 5,127 48.38%5,47151.62% 10,598 41.48%50th6,24960.90% 4,012 39.10% 10,26140.69%

See also United States elections, 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections, 2015

References

External links Third mayoral debate between Emanuel and Garcia, March 31, 2015