Chicago ? Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term Tuesday, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father’s record as the city’s longest-serving mayor.

Daley, first elected in 1989, had been expected to collect more than 50 percent of the vote, easily avoiding an April runoff. With 74 percent of precincts reporting, he had 72 percent of the vote.

Serving out another full four-year term would keep him on the job for 22 years. His father, Richard J. Daley, died in office in 1976 at age 74, having served 21 years.

After voting near his home on the city’s South Side, Daley, 64, shrugged off questions about setting the mayoral record.

“You don’t run for office just to be there and say I beat a record,” said Daley, first elected in 1989. “You really want to accomplish things.”