Danny K. Davis Mayor

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In 1991 Danny Davis ran against Richard M. Daley to be Mayor of Chicago. Davis had previously represented the 29^th Ward of Chicago before running against Daley, who had been mayor since 1989. Davis lost the election, while Daley continued to be mayor until 2005, making him the longest-serving mayor in Chicago’s history. Afterwards in 1997, Davis was elected to sit in the House of Representatives for Illinois’s 7^th district, a position that he continues to hold today.

Danny K. Davis. (n.d.). Retrieved December 18, 2015 from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_K._Davis.