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  • Lori Lightfoot eliminated in Chicago mayoral race End-shutdown

    Lori Lightfoot eliminated in Chicago mayoral race End-shutdown

    Lori Lightfoot steps out as mayor of Chicago. In Tuesday’s primary vote, Paul Vallas, a former Chicago police union-backed school director, garnered the most votes, while Brandon Johnson, a Chicago Teachers Union-backed Cook County commissioner, got the most votes. finished second. With 89% of the votes counted, Mr. Vallas received 35.0% of the votes and […]

  • Lori Lightfoot makes her case to Chicago End-shutdown

    Lori Lightfoot makes her case to Chicago End-shutdown

    Four years ago, Lightfoot entered the mayor’s office with no political experience. Now she’s a stranger in a different way.Photograph by Jamie Kelter Davis/NYT/Redux Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago, was trailing in the polls and struggling for votes. Three weeks before the election, with eight opponents wanting to deny her a second term, she […]