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) ...

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 ...

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.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at her election night rally at the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council in River North after conceding the mayoral race on Feb. 28, 2023.

Lori Lightfoot emerged from a crowd of candidates, many of them better known, in 2019 to win election easily as Chicago’s first Black woman mayor. Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times ...

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 ...

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.

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot was elected Chicago mayor on Tuesday, becoming the first black woman and first openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-largest city. Lightfoot ...

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.

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 ...