Chicago makes history electing Lori Lightfoot as first black woman mayor

A former federal prosecutor, Lightfoot won 74 percent of the vote with nearly all precincts counted compared with 26 percent for Preckwinkle, a long-time local politician, to become Chicago's 56th mayor. Lightfoot, 56, who will also become the first openly gay mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, appealed to voters who are tired of politics as usual. You created a movement for change," Lightfoot told hundreds of supporters at her election night party, promising to end corruption and make the city's streets safe again.

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