When will Chicago elect a republican mayor?

[Bootes Void]

2020s? 2030s 2040s? Never?

Other big U.S cities such as L.A, NYC had republican mayors less than 20 years ago

[Vespucci]

This is one of the few "when will X happen?" questions where I'm comfortable saying "never".

[I’m not Stu]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

[redjohn]

Never because of national conditions, but if the Democratic candidate is repulsive enough it could happen.

[If my soul was made of stone]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

Where are the military installations in Chicago?

[EastwoodS]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

Wtf?

[PSOL]

Chicago still has an immense working class base that hasn’t been gentrified out of the city yet, mainly due to local resistance, nor is its economy based primarily in the hospitality industry harmed by the pandemic and subsequent moves by the statewide party to put on restrictions.

The community leaders of Chicago to the various black and immigrant neighborhoods do not like the statewide Republican Party nor the local one primarily consisting of private equity firm workers rallying around the Chicago Tribune. Republicans are so toxic in Chicago that elements of the black bourgeoisie and conservative voters unhappy with the Democrats instead rallied around Willie Wilson’s electoral vehicle. The Republicans here have no room, much less ability, to attempt to successfully peel off minority voters statewide.

[I’m not Stu]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

Wtf?

Rick Blangiardi is basically an independent Republican.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The Republican party is only strong in the Collar Counties and Cook Suburbs, there are no R Alderman, there won't be any R mayor anytime soon

[Progressive Pessimist]

Aren't Chicago Mayors supposed to be nonpartisan in elections? There might be an opportunity for a Republican to go undercover as an Independent, but even then, for them to have any chance at being elected they might as well just be a Democrat anyway.

So the answer probably really is never.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

There are several southern cities that haven’t had a Republican mayor for almost 200 years, I feel most of their northern counterparts are going to head the same way

[Roronoa D. Law]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

Wtf?

Rick Blangiardi is basically an independent Republican.

https://fb.watch/4KVGhXFF1b/

[I’m not Stu]

The Chicago area doesn't have any military installations?

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Aren't Chicago Mayors supposed to be nonpartisan in elections? There might be an opportunity for a Republican to go undercover as an Independent, but even then, for them to have any chance at being elected they might as well just be a Democrat anyway.

So the answer probably really is never.

This sorta happened in the Wisconsin superintendent election with both candidates nominally saying they were democrats while one was endorsed by almost solely republicans and the other almost solely by democrats

[Never Made it to Graceland]

For reference, last Republican mayor for a selection of cities -

Chicago - William Thompson 1927-1931
Philadelphia - Bernard Samuel 1941-1952
NYC - Michael Bloomberg - 2002-2013 (changed parties 2007)
Boston - Malcolm Nichols 1926-1930
Los Angeles - Richard Riordan 1993-2001
Washington DC - Henry Brown Floyd McFarland - 1900-1909
Detroit - Louis Miriani 1957-1962
Pittsburgh - John Herron 1933-1934
Atlanta - Nedom Angier 1877-1879

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

For reference, last Republican mayor for a selection of cities -

Chicago - William Thompson 1927-1931
Philadelphia - Bernard Samuel 1941-1952
NYC - Michael Bloomberg - 2002-2013 (changed parties 2007)
Boston - Malcolm Nichols 1926-1930
Los Angeles - Richard Riordan 1993-2001
Washington DC - Henry Brown Floyd McFarland - 1900-1909
Detroit - Louis Miriani 1957-1962
Pittsburgh - John Herron 1933-1934
Atlanta - Nedom Angier 1877-1879

New Orleans has the longest streak for a mayor city with the last one being Benjamin Flanders, 1870-1872

[Roll Roons]

For reference, last Republican mayor for a selection of cities -

Chicago - William Thompson 1927-1931
Philadelphia - Bernard Samuel 1941-1952
NYC - Michael Bloomberg - 2002-2013 (changed parties 2007)
Boston - Malcolm Nichols 1926-1930
Los Angeles - Richard Riordan 1993-2001
Washington DC - Henry Brown Floyd McFarland - 1900-1909
Detroit - Louis Miriani 1957-1962
Pittsburgh - John Herron 1933-1934
Atlanta - Nedom Angier 1877-1879

Dallas - Tom Leppert, 2007-2011
Houston - Jim McConn, 1978-1982
Indianapolis - Greg Ballard, 2008-2016
Phoenix - Skip Rimsza, 1994-2004
San Diego - Kevin Faulconer, 2016-2020
San Francisco - George Christopher, 1956-1964

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For reference, last Republican mayor for a selection of cities -

Chicago - William Thompson 1927-1931
Philadelphia - Bernard Samuel 1941-1952
NYC - Michael Bloomberg - 2002-2013 (changed parties 2007)
Boston - Malcolm Nichols 1926-1930
Los Angeles - Richard Riordan 1993-2001
Washington DC - Henry Brown Floyd McFarland - 1900-1909
Detroit - Louis Miriani 1957-1962
Pittsburgh - John Herron 1933-1934
Atlanta - Nedom Angier 1877-1879

Dallas - Tom Leppert, 2007-2011
Houston - Jim McConn, 1978-1982
Indianapolis - Greg Ballard, 2008-2016
Phoenix - Skip Rimsza, 1994-2004
San Diego - Kevin Faulconer, 2016-2020
San Francisco - George Christopher, 1956-1964

Minneapolis - Richard Erdall, December 31, 1973. Yes he was only mayor for a single day.

Of course the mayor who resigned his term a day early allowing him to do that, Charles Stenvig, was a nominal independent but had very conservative "law and order" politics and was the de facto Republican candidate the next time he ran for his second mayorship (1969-1973 and 1976-1977.) He's the last non-Democrat to be mayor. The last nominal Republican to serve a full term was Paul Kenneth Peterson, from 1957-1961.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

When I manage to not put on 10 pounds from Girl Scout Cookies.

So never.

[MarkD]

I hope you know that Mayoral elections in Chicago, like those in Los Angeles, are officially non-partisan. There are no Democratic nominees or Republican nominees for mayor of Chicago - or Los Angeles. It is a fact that, when Richard Riordan ran for Mayor of Los Angeles, it was quite widely known that, even though he had no party designation on the ballot, he was actually a Republican. Maybe nearly all L.A. voters knew, based on what they heard in the news, that Riordan was a Republican, maybe they didn't, but their ballots did not say so. If the Mayoral race in L.A. had actually been a partisan election -- if all L.A. voters saw an "R" next to his name -- Riordan might not have gotten elected.

Could an "actual Republican" get elected Mayor of Chicago, even though the ballots do not say anything at all about party affiliation? I suppose there is an off chance it could happen, but it is very unlikely. The vast majority of voters would have to be ignorant of candidate John Smith's "actual" party loyalty, because the news never mentioned it.

[Continential]

Wasn't the de facto Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago Paul Vallas in 2019?

[Oregon Eagle Politics]

Even Honolulu now has a Republican mayor.

Rick Blangiardi is an independent.

[Mr. Illini]

Wasn't the de facto Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago Paul Vallas in 2019?

Vallas is a Democrat and served as Pat Quinn's LG, so that shows how far Republicans are from actually getting one of their own in the game.

[Drew]

Wasn't the de facto Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago Paul Vallas in 2019?

Vallas is a Democrat and served as Pat Quinn's LG, so that shows how far Republicans are from actually getting one of their own in the game.

Vallas was endorsed by Bruce Rauner and the Chicago Republican Party, so there was some GOP support for him.  Other Republican support tended to go to either Willie Wilson, Garry McCarthy, or maybe Bill Daley.  Together, those candidates combined for about one third of the overall vote in the first round (though of course not all of their supporters are Republicans).

[Mr. Illini]

Wasn't the de facto Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago Paul Vallas in 2019?

Vallas is a Democrat and served as Pat Quinn's LG, so that shows how far Republicans are from actually getting one of their own in the game.

Vallas was endorsed by Bruce Rauner and the Chicago Republican Party, so there was some GOP support for him.  Other Republican support tended to go to either Willie Wilson, Garry McCarthy, or maybe Bill Daley.  Together, those candidates combined for about one third of the overall vote in the first round (though of course not all of their supporters are Republicans).

My point was that the fact that the Republicans favorite for mayor was an established Democratic politician shows how far they are from electing a Republican. There wasn't even an independent that they could get behind.