[3] Additionally, in 1962, six bond issues which were strongly supported by Daley had all been defeated by voters by margins of nearly 3–2 in referendums.

[3] Advertising executive Fairfax Mastick Cone announced that he would organize the Non-Partisan Committee to Re-Elect Mayor Daley.

[3] On December 4, 1962, the Chicago Federation of Labor president William Lee announced the organization's endorsement of Daley's reelection.

[3] However, he would soon announce to a meeting of Democratic ward committeemen on December 14, 1962, that he planned to run for reelection, and received their unanimous support.

[3] Adamowski criticized Daley for being a powerful political boss, declaring, "we do not have one party-rule, we have one-man rule.

[3] He also boasted of awards won in 1959 and 1961 naming Chicago the "cleanest big city" in the United States.

[3] He also boasted that the National Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up Bureau had just declared the "cleanest large city" for 1962 as well.

[3] Adamowski sought to paint himself as the "people's candidate",[3] saying, I hear State Street is against me, the bankers are against me, and the labor leaders are against me.

[3] Shortly ahead of the election, Daley graced the cover of the March 15 edition of the magazine Time.

[3] The article's mere mention of Adamowski labeled him a former state's attorney who, "distinguished himself by never successfully prosecuting a major campaign".

[3] To put Daley in a bind, Republicans introduced a bill to in the state legislature that would place a tax ceiling on the general expenditure fund of Chicago.

[3] Seeking to place a spotlight on his work on developing O'Hare Airport days before the election, to mark the opening of the airport's circular restaurant, Daley arranged to have an opening ceremony of the restaurant, for which he was able to get US President John F. Kennedy to attend.

[3] The presidential visit also featured a motorcade along the seventeen-mile route between the airport and Conrad Hilton Hotel, where Daley hosted a "civic luncheon".

[5] Daley saw overwhelming support in predominantly African American wards on the city's south and west sides.