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The Chicago mayoral election of 1995 resulted in the re-election of Democratic Party nominee incumbent Richard M. Daley over independent candidate Roland Burris, with 359,466 votes to Burris's 217,024. Daley won 60.1% of the total vote, winning by a landslide 24-point margin. The Republican candidate, Raymond Wardingley, fared poorly with only 2.8% of the vote. A fourth-place candidate, Harold Washington Party nominee Lawrence Redmond, won 0.9% of the votes.
This was the last election for Mayor of Chicago where candidates ran under party labels, as a state law was enacted later in 1995 making all municipal offices in the state non-partisan.
The Democratic Party, Republican Party, and the Harold Washington Party all held primary elections for their nominations. However, only the Democratic Party's primary saw a sizeable number of voters participate. Daley easily defeated Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Commissioner Joseph E. Gardiner by a margin of more that 30 points. Wardingley, a perennial candidate and clown, very narrowly won the Republican nomination among a weak field of contenders. Redmond was unopposed for the Harold Washington Party primary.
Democratic primary
= Candidates
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Richard M. Daley, incumbent mayor
Joseph E. Gardner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago commissioner and PUSH executive
Sheila A. Jones, perennial candidate
Declined to run
The following were speculated as prospective candidates, but did not run:
Bobby Rush, U.S. congressman
David Orr, Cook County clerk and former acting mayor
Alice Palmer, state senator
John Steele, 6th ward alderman
Dorothy Tillman, 3rd ward alderman
= Campaign
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Daley easily defeated two challengers in the primary.
Daley's main challenge came from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago commissioner Joseph E. Gardner. Gardner had been a high-ranking member of Harold Washington's mayoral administration and an executive at PUSH.
By 1995, Sheila A. Jones had become a perennial competitor in the Democratic mayoral primary.
As was the case in all of his reelection campaigns, Daley did not attend any debates.
Daley vastly out-raised his opponents in campaign funds.
= Endorsements
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= Results
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Results by ward
Daley won a majority of the vote in 31 wards. Gardner won a majority of the vote in the remaining 19 wards.
Results by ward
Republican primary
Raymond Wardingley narrowly won the Republican nomination.
The Republican field was regarded as weak. Wardingly had worked as a clown under the name "Spanky the Clown". He had thrice before run for mayor.
Candidates Themis Anagost (an attorney), Leon Beard, and Raymond Lear had been denied inclusion on the ballot due to issues with their petitions.
= Results
=
Results by ward
Results by ward
Harold Washington Party primary
Lawrence C. Redmond went unopposed in the Harold Washington Party primary.
Candidates Phillip Morris and Ilene Smith had been denied inclusion on the ballot due to issues regarding their petitions.
= Results
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Results by ward
Results by ward
Independent candidacy of Roland Burris
Roland Burris ran as an independent. When first approached by black activists about running for mayor, Burris had declined. He ultimately ran, proclaiming to have been drafted by “the people”. By the time he decided to run, Joseph Gardner had already challenged Daley in the Democratic primary. Not wanting to run against Gardner and split the black vote in the primary, Burris decided he would run in the general election as an independent candidate.
Daley did not attend any debates. Burris complained of a lack of media coverage on his candidacy. Late into the campaign, Burris issued demands for Daley to address corruption and misconduct by aviation employees, especially Dominic Longo, the manager of vehicle operations at O’Hare. The airport had recently suffered a number of accidents caused by inexperienced runway crew leadership. Burris also alleged that Longo has coerced airport employees into making donations to the Daley campaign in order to keep their jobs. Daley's campaign spent $3 million in the election. Burris spent $250,000.
= Endorsements
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= Polls
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= Results
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Daley won a majority of the vote in 31 of the city's 50 wards. Burris won a majority of the vote in the remaining 19 wards. In response to Wardingley's abysmal showing, the Republican-controlled Illinois General Assembly passed legislation creating a nonpartisan, runoff election system for citywide offices in Chicago. Public Act 89-0095 was signed into law by Governor Jim Edgar and went into effect for the 1999 Chicago mayoral election.
Results by ward
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