1951 Chicago mayoral election

1951 Chicago mayoral election

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Turnout56.8% Decrease 13.51 pp[1][2]
 
Nominee Martin H. Kennelly Robert L. Hunter
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 697,871 545,326
Percentage 56.14% 43.87%

Mayor before election

Martin H. Kennelly
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Martin H. Kennelly
Democratic

The Chicago mayoral election of 1951 was held on April 3, 1951. The election saw Democrat Martin H. Kennelly being reelected for a second term, defeating Republican Robert L. Hunter by a double-digit margin.[3]

The election was preceded by primary elections in February 1951 to determine the nominees of both the Democratic Party and Republican Party

  1. ^ Denvir, Daniel (May 22, 2015). "Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way". City Lab (The Atlantic). Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mayoral race one for history books; will turnout be headline or footnote?". Chicago Sun-Times. February 8, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Mayor Martin H. Kennelly Biography".

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