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Chicago to elect its first black female mayor as candidates head to runoff

12:03 AM

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle garnered the most votes, but neither received the more than 50% needed to avoid 2 April runoff

A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff for the mayorship of Chicago this spring – in a contest that will result in the city being led by its first black female mayor.

The two women topped a large field of candidates in Tuesday’s election that included a member of the Daley family that has dominated the city’s politics for much of the last six decades.

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