{"id":15942,"date":"2019-04-02T19:51:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T02:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2019-04-02T19:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T02:51:47","slug":"the-first-african-american-female-mayor-lori-lightfoot-elected-in-chicago-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=15942","title":{"rendered":"The first African-American female mayor Lori Lightfoot elected in Chicago history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight, in a runoff race, Chicago elected Lori Lightfoot mayor,\u00a0according to the\u00a0Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>. Lightfoot beat challenger Toni Preckwinkle to become the city\u2019s first black female mayor. With her win, Chicago becomes the most prominent American city to elect an openly LGBTQ person mayor.<\/p>\n

Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, won in what appears to be a landslide victory. She currently has 74 percent of the vote to Preckwinkle\u2019s 26 percent, with 80 percent of precincts reporting, according to unofficial tallies.<\/p>\n

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