Lori Lightfoot historisk i Chicagos borgmästarval
Den tidigare federala åklagaren Lori Lightfoot skrev historia när hon i natt valdes till ny borgmästare i Chicago. 56-åringen är den första svarta och öppet homosexuella kvinnan att leda staden, skriver flera medier.
– Människor hoppas på en ny riktning, kommenterade Lightfoot.
Lightfoot, som inte tidigare haft ett politiskt ämbete, har lovat att bryta vålds- och korruptionsspiralen i Chicago.
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Lori Lightfoot
Wikipedia (en)
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American politician who is currently the mayor-elect of Chicago. She has worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown, and held various government positions in the city of Chicago, most notably as former President of the Chicago Police Board. Lightfoot became mayor-elect after she was the top vote-getter in the first round of the 2019 Chicago mayoral election and defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff election on April 2, 2019. Lightfoot is the first black female and first openly gay leader of the city, which is now the largest in United States history to have an LGBTQ mayor. She is also the second nonpartisan Mayor since 1876.
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