Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot gives her acceptance speech in front of a crowd of supporters on April 2, 2019. She is the first African-American woman to be elected mayor of Chicago.

Lori Lightfoot The latest on Lori Lightfoot. A Democrat, Lightfoot was elected mayor of Chicago in 2019. She is the first openly lesbian African-American woman to be elected of a major city in the ...

Lori Lightfoot made history in more ways than one Tuesday night, defeating Toni Preckwinkle to not only become the first African-American woman elected mayor of Chicago, but the first homosexual ...

Lori Lightfoot celebrates after being sworn in as mayor of Chicago on May 20, 2019. Lightfoot is the first black female and openly gay mayor in the city's history. Getty ...

You created a movement for change," Lightfoot said in a victory speech before a crowd of supporters. Lightfoot won 74% of the vote, compared to 26% for Preckwinkle, with 97% of precincts reporting ...

Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, center right, mingles and takes pictures with supporters after giving a farewell address at the BUILD headquarters in Chicago on May 8, 2023.

Forty years ago, Chicago rejected its first woman mayor for a second term, and voters did the same Tuesday night with Lori Lightfoot — the first Black woman and openly gay mayor of the city.

The Illinois House on Wednesday delivered a rebuke to Mayor Lori Lightfoot by approving a transition to an elected Chicago school board, and also passed a gun-safety bill that is aimed at easing a ...

The next mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, made Windy City history as the city's first black, female and openly gay mayor. Outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel did not seek re-election, which left 14 ...

Newly-elected Chicago mayor, Democrat Lori Lightfoot, is the first African American woman to lead the city. It’s not the only thing her victory represents. (Video: Adriana Usero/The Washington Post) ...

CHICAGO — Chicago became the largest American city ever to elect a black woman as its mayor as voters on Tuesday chose Lori Lightfoot, a former prosecutor, to replace Rahm Emanuel.