The Shakman Decrees introduced judicial oversight of City and County hiring , reducing the number of voters who owed their livelihoods to the Democratic party . The 1968 convention had ended in disaster . The Walker Report concluded that a " police riot " had taken place at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . NBC News had televised the event and switched back and forth between demonstrators being beaten by the police in front of the convention hall and the festivities over Humphrey 's victory inside . Racial tension over issues such as urban renewal in Woodlawn and Lincoln Park , red lining , open housing and public school desegregation alienated African-Americans and Latinos voters . Though Daley himself never faced any criminal charges , a number of his associates did , including Thomas Keane and Arvey . After Daley 's death in 1976 , no mayor has served as chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party . Michael Bilandic , Daley 's successor as mayor , lost in a 1979 mayoral primary to Jane Byrne . In Bilandic 's obituary , '' The New York Times '' wrote that the operation of the Cook County Democratic Party as a political machine ended during Bilandic 's mayoralty
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Cook County Democratic Party