Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing stiff competition in her re-election bid amid crime concerns and the lingering economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic
CHICAGO—Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing stiff competition from a large field of candidates in her re-election bid asconcerns and the lingering economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms. Lightfoot, a 60-year-old former federal prosecutor, was the first Black woman and first gay person elected mayor of the nation’s third largest city, winning every city ward in a 2019 runoff against Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Now, early polls show the mayor as an underdog in the Feb. 28 election, with the top two vote-getters expected to face off in an April runoff if no candidate wins a majority in the first round.
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