Historic victory in Chicago as city elects first-ever Black, female mayor

April 4th, 20190 CHICAGO — The third-most populous city in the United States elected its first Black, female mayor on Tuesday, as Lori Lightfoot beat out Toni Preckwinkle, who is also an African American woman. A former U.S. assistant attorney, Lightfoot, 56, will also become the first lesbian mayor in the history of the Windy City. “Together,...