Chicago voters made history by electing LoriLightfoot as their first African-American woman for mayor.
Chicago - Chicago, known for its machine politics and corruption, woke up Wednesday to voters choosing an anti-establishment candidate who may shake up a city that made history by electing its first African-American woman for mayor.
The 56-year-old Lightfoot is also the latest in a wave of political newcomers to win major elections around the globe as voters upend the status quo, propelling anti-establishment candidates to power. She will now take over a city where politics is a blood sport and where corruption has swirled in and around City Hall for generations.
The city got its reputation as a well-oiled political machine from the way Richard J. Daley, one of the last big-city "bosses," ran the city from 1955 to 1976 with help from armies of patronage workers and crooked city council members. Tabor recalled an incident from "years ago" when the so-called machine allegedly sent a message to a childhood friend's father who had political connections.
She and Preckwinckle earned spots on the runoff ballot after they garnered the most votes among 14 candidates, including Richard M. Daley's younger brother Bill, in a February election. Lightfoot will replace Rahm Emanuel, who announced in September he was not seeking a third term as mayor.
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