Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask voters to send her back to City Hall for a second term, her campaign told donors and supporters ahead of a Tuesday fundraiser.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot shakes hands with Shaad Syed while attending an iftar, a breaking-of-the-fast dinner during Ramadan, at the Muslim Community Center of Chicago, on April 19, 2022.
The mayor currently faces five challengers, all of whom have raised questions about high crime and criticized her leadership as being unnecessarily divisive. So far, her opponents include South Side Ald. Roderick Sawyer, son of a former mayor; former Chicago Public School CEO Paul Vallas; Illinois state Rep. Kam Buckner; Southwest Side Ald. Raymond Lopez; and businessman Willie Wilson.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks about the passage of the Bally's casino deal through City Council on on May 25, 2022 at City Hall.
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