After hinting for months in interviews and at public events that she plans to seek a second term in office, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday officially announced her bid to run for mayor again in 2023.
Lightfoot was elected to office in 2019 and pledged that with the chance at another term as mayor, she will work to make the city"safer, fairer and more equitable for all."
“I don’t look or sound like any other mayor we’ve ever had before, and I’ve had to fight to get a seat at the table. And, like so many in our city, I’ve had to fight to have my voice heard,” Lightfoot said in a video released Tuesday. “That’s why I’ll never back down from fighting every day to turn your voice into action," she continued.
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