Lori Lightfoot makes history as Chicago's first black woman and first openly gay mayor
April 03, 2019 at 12:44 PM EDT
The former federal prosecutor defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff election for Chicago mayor by earning roughly 75 percent of the vote and winning all 50 wards. The landslide victory makes Lightfoot the city's first black woman and the first openly gay person elected to serve the role.