April 3, 1979 1983 → 700,874 137,664 82.1% 16.1% | Wallace D. Johnson Cleve Andrew Pulley 137,664 15,625 16.1% 1.8% | |
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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1979, Chicago's first female mayor, Jane Byrne, took office. In the election, Byrne faced Republican nominee Wallace Johnson and Socialist Worker nominee Cleve Andrew Pulley. She won the election with a landslide majority, winning more than 82% of the vote.
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Chicago mayoral election, 1979 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA