The country’s third-biggest city is poised to elect a black woman as its leader for the first time.
By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman Mark Berman National news reporter Email Bio Follow April 2 at 7:00 AM CHICAGO — Voters in Chicago headed back to the polls Tuesday for a mayoral runoff election that will make history no matter who wins.
Polls have shown Lightfoot with a commanding lead, including a WTTW/Crain’s Temkin/Harris Poll released last week showing that she held a 36-point advantage over Preckwinkle. The same survey, conducted two weeks before the election, found that nearly 3 in 10 voters said they were undecided.
That federal investigation began after the city released video footage in 2015 showing a white officer shooting and killing Laquan McDonald, a black teenager, the previous year. The video set off intense protests and public anger. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, stood trial last year and was convicted of second-degree murder.
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