Vote for Daley
Watch campaign ads from Richard J. Daley's first (and successful) run for mayor: Mayor Daley won all his re-election bids handily, but his closest bid for re-election came in 1963, where he won a sizeable but less than anticipated 55 percent of the vote:In those days, there were no advisors. Today, you go down to a political campaign. There’s a chief of staff and all of that. But it was my mother. Then, when he came in, he would talk to her. Her advice was very good. I’m sure it was the same with most of the political wives. But nowadays, they have all of these pollsters and so many people involved with the candidate. Everybody is telling them what to do.
Mary Carol Vanecko, daughter of Richard J. Daley, interview excerpt, March 5, 2009
