Editing Jane Byrne (section)

===Bid for reelection===
{{See main|1983 Chicago mayoral election}}

In August 1982, Byrne decided that she would seek a second term as mayor. At the beginning of her re-election campaign, she was trailing behind [[Richard M. Daley]], then Cook County State's Attorney, by 3% in a poll done by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' in July 1982.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0823/082307.html|title=Jane Byrne: off and running for reelection in Chicago|date=August 23, 1982|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> Compared to the 1979 mayoral election in which Byrne received 59.3% of the African-American vote,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eA6VI8_du2cC&dq=jane+byrne+election+1979+african+american+percentage&pg=PA176|title=Contours of African American Politics: Race and Representation in American Politics|first=Georgia A.|last=Persons|date=August 1, 2012|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=9781412847872 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Byrne had lost half of that vote. Byrne was defeated in the 1983 Democratic primary for mayor by [[Harold Washington]], also an anti-machine politician and African-American congressman; the younger Daley ran a close third. Washington won the Democratic primary with just 36% of the vote; Byrne had 33%. Washington went on to win the general election.<ref name="auto"/>