Lori Lightfoot
56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 to 2023 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962)[1][2] is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023.[3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.[4][5] Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in Chicago. She served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force.[6][7][8] In 2019, Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in a runoff election for Chicago mayor.[9][10] She ran again in 2023 but failed to qualify for the runoff, becoming the city's first incumbent mayor to not be reelected since Jane Byrne in 1983.[11][12]
Lori Lightfoot | |
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56th Mayor of Chicago | |
In office May 20, 2019 – May 15, 2023 | |
Deputy | Tom Tunney |
Preceded by | Rahm Emanuel |
Succeeded by | Brandon Johnson |
President of the Chicago Police Board | |
In office May 2015 – May 2018 | |
Appointed by | Rahm Emanuel |
Preceded by | Demetrius Carney |
Succeeded by | Ghian Foreman |
Personal details | |
Born | Lori Elaine Lightfoot (1962-08-04) August 4, 1962 (age 61) Massillon, Ohio, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Amy Eshleman (m. 2014) |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Michigan (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
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Lightfoot is the first openly lesbian black woman to serve as mayor of a major city in the United States, and the second openly lesbian woman (after Annise Parker) to serve as mayor of one of the ten most populous cities in the United States. She is also the first black woman, the second woman (after Byrne), and the third black person (after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer) to serve as mayor of Chicago.[note 1][13][14]