Chicago set to elect first black woman as mayor

Published April 2, 2019 2:28pm ET



The Windy City heads to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a historic runoff election between two black women.

Lori Lightfoot, 56, is a former prosecutor who served as president of the Chicago Police Board. She ran on a platform of pushing back on the “machine” politics that Chicago has often been associated with. If elected, Lightfoot would also be the first openly gay mayor of the city.

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