![[1995 Chicago Mayoral Election, tape 1]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653936706_640-228x160.jpg)
Footage shot by Bill Stamets leading up to the 1995 mayoral election. In the first segment, Mayor Daley addresses the crowd at a ceremony and press conference in honor of the live “Pocahontas” show in Chicago. In the second, mayoral challengers Ray Wardingley, Roland Burris, and Lawrence Redmond participate in a panel hosted by the Chicago Urban League.
![[Ed Vrdolyak write-in Republican mayoral campaign 1989]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938611_640-228x160.jpg)
Reports on Ed Vrdolyak’s last minute write-in campaign in the Republican primary for mayor of Chicago: 2/28, 3/1, 3/2, and 3/3/1989.
![[Chicago’s “spin doctors”]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938272_640-228x160.jpg)
As the 1989 mayoral election approaches in Chicago, this segment takes a look at the political consultants or “spin doctors,” who influence local campaigns, including ? Zimmerman, Don Rose, and David Axelrod.
![[Satirical portrait of Harold Washington removed from Art Institute]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938235_640-228x160.jpg)
A report on the uproar over a portrait of the late Mayor Harold Washington wearing women’s underwear in a student art show at the Art Institute of Chicago.
![[Washington administration voter registration scandal]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938267_640-228x160.jpg)
CHA residents accuse the Harold Washington administration of requiring them to register voters in order to receive city employment.
![[Chicago mayoral primary 1987]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938269_640-228x160.jpg)
![[Harold Washington on election day ’86]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938258_640-228x160.jpg)
On election day 1986, Mayor Harold Washington casts his vote, talks about the future of the Democratic Party in Chicago, urges citizens to vote, and joins Jesse Jackson at a campaign event.
![[Harold Washington decides whether to endorse Jesse Jackson for President]](https://development-q5nzhaa-ou7jifsrmm4uk.us.platform.sh/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653938226_640-228x160.jpg)
WLS’s Mike Jackson reports on the discussions between Mayor Harold Washington and Rev. Jesse Jackson over whether Washington will endorse Jackson in his presidential bid.