Posted on 02/28/2023 7:31:59 PM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, ending her historic run as the city’s first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve in the position.
The Democratic incumbent failed to gain enough votes in the nine-person race to move on to an April 4 runoff election, according to projections by The Associated Press.
Paul Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago schools, will face Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union.
Ideologically, the choice between Vallas and Johnson is stark. Vallas ran as a moderate law-and-order candidate, while Johnson ran on an unabashedly progressive agenda.
But Chicagoans sent a message that they wanted change, rejecting both an incumbent mayor and a sitting congressman. Lightfoot is the first incumbent elected Chicago mayor to lose re-election since 1983, when Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, lost her primary.
The mayor conceded defeat Tuesday night at her party in downtown Chicago, saying, "Obviously we didn't win the election today, but I stand here with my head held high."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
At least now we won’t have to look at her ugly face anymore.
Well, looks like the gargoyle is going to be shown the door.
Losing the election will never be enough for what she has done.
Who the hell are these 17% that voted for Liberal Lesbian Licker Lori Lightfoot, and how stupid are they?
The truth is, it doesn't matter if Vallas or Johnson wins. Meet the new boss, same (ineptness, incompetence, ineptitude) as the old boss.
Put a fork in Chicago, it's done. Has been for some time.
Except his opponent has "endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union" on his and he "ran on an unabashedly progressive agenda." Plus his name is Brandon, so Let's Go Brandon.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald would have been a better Mayor.
hell does seem like an eternity to those living it
- Left Chicago Public Schools with a $1 Billion surprlus.
- Claims to be the 'law and order candidate
- While wanting to strip citizens of their second amendment rights making them unable to defend themselves
Liberal Lesbian Licker Lori Lightfoot may have one foot out the door after tonight, the reality is neither Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson can change a damn' thing in Chicago.
The Teachers and Public Sector Unions run that shitshow on the lake, they're the ones who wield the power and until those two unions are broken nothing will change.
One more thing: Chicago will continue to have real policing issues because the stupid progressives in Chicago believe that the police are evil and the crimnals are victims.
That's why no right-thinking law enforcement officer will ever take a job as a Chicago Cop.
Facts.
(Mic Drop ...)
Go back to your cucumber lesbian, good to know you will never have “mini-cucumbers.”
betcha he voted though!!
They say all that like it's a good thing. Even the most simple-minded observer could not look at her tenure, and understand that there could not exist anyone who could have done a worse job than she did.
Of course, if you have no mind rather than a simple one, that might escape you.
So long Groot, maybe you can get a highchair next to Stephanopoulos and tell everyone in TV land how smart you were.
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An awful mayor and terrible person.
Read the Washington Examiner article. Have a wastebasket ready.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/lori-lightfoot-ousted-chicago-mayor
Yep. Won’t change a thing. The demographics have sealed Chicago’s fate. See Detroit for the ultimate conclusion.
Detroit is starting to turn things around.
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