CHICAGO — Voters in Chicago on Tuesday elected former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot to become their next mayor, making Chicago the largest city to elect an African-American woman as its top ...

Chicago To Get Its First Black Female Mayor As Candidates Head To Runoff Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, both African-American women, got the most votes out of 14 candidates in Chicago's ...

CHICAGO — A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago's first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a ...

Two African-American women clinched the top two spots in Chicago’s mayoral election Tuesday, meaning they will face off in a runoff to become the Windy City’s first black female mayor.

CHICAGO – The two candidates vying to become mayor of the nation's third-largest city are both transplants from elsewhere in the Midwest who are casting themselves as progressives.

Lori Lightfoot, a former U.S. attorney, faces off against Toni Preckwinkle, a former schoolteacher who served on the Chicago City Council for 19 years ...

Chicago will make history next week with the election of the city’s first African-American woman as mayor. After the celebration ends, either Lori Lightfoot or Toni Preckwinkle will begin the ...

She is Chicago’s first female mayor since the ’80s and only its second female mayor ever. Her opponent, Toni Preckwinkle, is one of the city’s top politicians.

The final days of the historic Chicago mayor’s race between two black women have turned so acrimonious that the Rev. Jesse Jackson has called for reconciliation between the two candidates the ...

Chicago Voters Elect Their First African-American Female Mayor Former prosecutor Lori Lightfoot also made history by becoming the city's first openly gay mayor. Lightfoot will succeed 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.

CHICAGO — Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor’s race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become ...