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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1889, Democrat DeWitt Clinton Cregier defeated incumbent Republican John A. Roche, winning a majority of the vote and a margin of victory in excess of ten percent.
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Cregier backed strongly by trade unions.[3] John Peter Altgeld threw his backing behind Cregier's candidacy.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | DeWitt Clinton Cregier | 57,340 | 54.93 | |
Republican | John A. Roche (incumbent) | 46,328 | 44.38 | |
Prohibition | Ira J. Mason | 410 | 0.39 | |
Socialist Labor | Charles Orchardson | 303 | 0.29 | |
Turnout | 104,381 |
Creiger received 76.86% of the Polish-American vote, while Roche received 23.07%.[4]
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