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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

As she enters the final calendar year of her term, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is no longer a fresh face swept into office as a champion of long-overdue reform. She’s now a familiar figure ...

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 ...

Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public office, easily defeated Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president.

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) ...