2015 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 2015

← 2011 February 24 and April 7, 2015 2019 →
Turnout	34.03% 8.27 pp (first round) 41.10% 7.07 pp (second round)
Nominee Rahm Emanuel Jesús "Chuy" García Willie Wilson First round vote 218,217 160,414 50,960 First round percentage 45.63% 33.55% 10.66% Runoff vote 319,543 253,981 Runoff percentage 55.7% 44.3%   Nominee Robert Fioretti First round vote 35,363 First round percentage 7.39%
Second round results by ward: Emanuel:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% García:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mayor before election Rahm Emanuel Elected Mayor Rahm Emanuel

An election happened on February 24, 2015 to elect the Mayor of Chicago. The election was non-partisan and no candidate got a majority.

A runoff election happened between the top two finishers (both Democrats) on April 7, 2015, and Rahm Emanuel won the election and stayed as mayor.^[1]

Emanuel was in the election, wanting to win a second term. In the first round, Emanuel got 46% of the vote and Democratic Cook County Commissioner Chuy García received 34%. In the runoff, Emanuel got 55.7% of the vote, winning the election. Garcia got 44.3% of the vote.^[2]

The runoff was very rare in the history of Chicago's mayoral races.

1. ↑ "2015 ELECTION INFORMATION PAMPHLET & CALENDAR" (PDF). ChicagoElections.com. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
2. ↑ Bill Ruthhart and Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, April 7, 2015