Editing Harold Washington (section)

===Illinois State Representative===
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| title = Illinois House of Representatives general election, 1964{{efn|This is a pulled list of ten candidates with similar vote totals to Harold Washington as the original ballot had 236 candidates.}}<ref name=ILSBE>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx?T=637992959831528061 |title=Downloadable Vote Totals |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=[[Illinois State Board of Elections]] }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Leland J. Kennedy ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Paul E. Rink]] ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = James D. Carrigan ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Joe W. Russell ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Melvin McNairy
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = ''Harold Washington''
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[John Jerome Hill|John Jerome (Jack) Hill]] ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Clyde Lee ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Clyde L. Choate]] ([[incumbent]])
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| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Charles Ed Schaefer ([[incumbent]])
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District Democratic primary, 1966<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 28426.5
| percentage = 57.9
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Owen D. Pelt
| votes = 17,035.5
| percentage = 34.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]]
| votes = 3,818
| percentage = 7.8
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 49280
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District general election, 1966<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 55513
| percentage = 44.2
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Owen D. Pelt
| votes = 53783.5
| percentage = 42.8
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = J. Horace Gardner
| votes = 16294.5
| percentage = 100
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 125591
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District Democratic primary, 1968<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 17670.5
| percentage = 51.6
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Owen D. Pelt ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 12153
| percentage = 35.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]]
| votes = 2,367
| percentage = 6.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Ulmer D. Lynch, Jr.
| votes = 2,067
| percentage = 6.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 34257.5
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District general election, 1968<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 70203.5
| percentage = 48.3
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]]
| votes = 65616
| percentage = 45.1
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = J. Horace Gardner ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 9571.5
| percentage = 6.6
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 145391
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District Democratic primary, 1970<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 21072.5
| percentage = 53.4
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 14828.5
| percentage = 37.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]]
| votes = 1,916.5
| percentage = 4.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Clyde Exson
| votes = 1,654.5
| percentage = 4.2
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 39472
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Representative District general election, 1970<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 45686
| percentage = 48.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 42996
| percentage = 45.2
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = J. Horace Gardner ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 6461.5
| percentage = 6.7
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 95143.5
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Legislative District Representative Democratic primary, 1972<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 26123
| percentage = 40.1
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]]
| votes = 21199
| percentage = 32.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 17,876.5
| percentage = 27.4
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 65198.5
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Legislative District Representative general election, 1972<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 49706.5
| percentage = 37.2
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]]
| votes = 47527.5
| percentage = 35.6
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 25240
| percentage = 18.9
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Maurice Beacham
| votes = 11,042
| percentage = 8.3
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 133516
| percentage = 100
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| title = Illinois's 26th Legislative District Representative Democratic primary, 1974<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 27999
| percentage = 54.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 12854.5
| percentage = 24.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[Peggy Smith Martin]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 10,960
| percentage = 21.2
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 51813.5
| percentage = 100
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Illinois's 26th Legislative District Representative general election, 1974<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = Harold Washington ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 30556.5
| percentage = 41.4
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party of Illinois
| candidate = [[James C. Taylor]] ([[incumbent]])
| votes = 29764.5
| percentage = 40.3
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Taylor Pouncey
| votes = 8685.5
| percentage = 11.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Jerry Washington, Jr.
| votes = 2,990.5
| percentage = 4.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Illinois Republican Party
| candidate = Magnolia Prowell
| votes = 1,817
| percentage = 2.5
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 73814
| percentage = 100
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