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Mayor (Runoff)

  • Location
    Chicago
  • Election day
    Apr 2, 2019
  • Runoff election
    Apr 2, 2019

After a competition between a record-setting 14 candidates, Lori Lightfoot won decisively with 74% of the vote (384,675 votes) versus Toni Preckwinkle with 26% of the vote (137,236 votes).

Chicago mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan.

Meet the candiates

Click on a candidate to learn more about them, including up-to-date displays of campaign finance information.

Winner

Toni Preckwinkle

Current office:
Cook County Board President
Incumbent
Spending power:
1643
Out of race

Gery Chico

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1642
Out of race

Bill Daley

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1647
Out of race

Amara Enyia

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1718
Out of race

Bob Fioretti

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1768
Out of race

LaShawn Ford

Current office:
State Representative, 8th District
Spending power:
1722
Out of race

Jerry Joyce

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1655
Out of race

John Kozlar

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1723
Out of race

Garry McCarthy

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1712
Out of race

Susana Mendoza

Current office:
Illinois Comptroller
Spending power:
1735
Out of race

Neal Sales-Griffin

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1717
Out of race

Paul Vallas

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1711
Out of race

Willie Wilson

Current office:
None
Spending power:
1721

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