Two African-American women, one, a former federal prosecutor, and the other, the Cook County board president and former teacher, are headed for a runoff election to become Chicago’s next mayor.
From center, mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot and her daughter Vivian Lightfoot appear with supporters at EvolveHer in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Phil Helsel and Associated Press
Either would be the city's first black woman mayor. Lightfoot would also be the city's first openly gay mayor. Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle greets voters at 95th Red Line Station in Chicago on Election Day, on Feb. 26, 2019.Lightfoot thanked her supporters, saying,"This campaign was powered by you." She said that she and her campaign have been saying"this is going to be a race that comes down to the inches" and thanked supporters for what she said was the courage"to stand with our campaign against the machine.
A voter checks in with a poll worker to vote in Chicagos citywide election to choose the next mayor for Americas third largest city, on Feb. 26, 2019.The 14 candidates included Daley, an attorney and former U.S. Commerce secretary in the Clinton administration and Obama's White House chief of staff. He is the son of former Mayor Richard J. Daley and the brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Among the other hopefuls were Jerry Joyce, a small business owner and attorney; Paul Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago Public Schools; Willie Wilson, who ran for mayor in 2015; former Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy, who was fired by Emanuel in 2015 following the police shooting of Laquan McDonald; and Amara Enyia, an attorney, community activist and former journalist.
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