Lori Lightfoot could become the city's first openly gay chief executive.
Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot greets commuters at an L station in Logan Square on April 02, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
The election is an inflection point in America's third largest city. Since 1837, Chicago has chosen only one other black mayor and one other female mayor. If Lightfoot wins, she would also become the city's first openly gay chief executive. The two highest vote-getters are competing in Tuesday's run-off election and are running as progressive reformers, promising to clean up city government and reduce economic inequality.
Preckwinkle is currently the chief executive of Cook County in which Chicago is located, and has held elected office in the city for decades."It's change versus the status quo," Lightfoot said at a recent debate.Voters have left little doubt they want the eventual victor to tackle the major issues vexing the city of 2.7 million people.Community groups have for years complained about disparities in living conditions among the sprawling city's diverse communities.
" are tired of corruption, federal investigations of city officials, police misconduct, and a budget crisis," he said.The two candidates are vying to replace outgoing mayor Rahm Emanuel -- once a rising star in the Democratic Party and former President Barack Obama's first White House chief of staff.Emanuel sustained political damage for his handling of the Laquan McDonald case and declined to run for a third term.
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