Posted on 04/02/2019 7:15:18 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
(CNN)Lori Lightfoot has been elected the next mayor of Chicago, according to the Associated Press, becoming the first African-American woman picked to lead the country's third-most populous city.
Lightfoot faced a historic runoff Tuesday against Toni Preckwinkle, who is also an African-American woman. "This may not be the outcome we wanted but while I may be disappointed, I'm not disheartened," Preckwinkle told supporters after she called Lightfoot to congratulate her. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was not in the race, as he was not seeking a third term. Lightfoot, 56, a former assistant US attorney, describes herself as "an out and proud black lesbian." When she is sworn in, she will be the first mayor in the Windy City who identifies as a lesbian.
In the wake of the Laquan McDonald scandal -- in which a white police officer, Jason Van Dyke, shot the black teenager 16 times as he walked away from police -- Lightfoot was appointed by Emanuel to head the newly created police accountability task force.
Preckwinkle, 72, is a political insider who heads the Cook County Board and chairs the Cook County Democratic Party. She made education and a $15 minimum wage focal points of her campaign. A Chicago Tribune report in January claimed that Preckwinkle hired the son of a powerful old-school alderman, Ed Burke, to a $100,000 a year job with the county. Burke was recently charged with attempted extortion after the FBI raided his offices in January. In February's general election which had 14 candidates, Lightfoot and Preckwinkle were the top two vote-getters, which led to Tuesday's runoff.
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Oh geez.
Congrats, Chicago. It’s a Stalinist !*
(of course, had Prickstinkle won, it still would’ve been a Stalinist)
What could go wrong?
Racists at CNN still obsessed with skin color.
Lightfoot is going to make Rahm seem rational.
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Just what Chicago needs. You cannot make this madness up.
Imagine if the Press were gender profilers and racist.
Why it would look just like this.
I keep saying the Democrat party, media and left are controlled by radical homosexuals.
Will this boost Chicongo to the next level?
Can they break their own record for shootings?
Well,Chicago could average 600 murders a year. Oh,wait! It already does!
NEW BOSS!!! SAME AS the OLD BOSS...
You wanna make history, Chicago? Try electing a Mayor that wont be a total disaster like your previous mayors.
I don’t care but I think Chicago will shortly ,LOL
“Can they break their own record for shootings?”
Between Lightfoot and Foxx I’d say the odds are very good. Watch for Chicago’s bond rating to go even further down the tubes, too.
I can’t wait to get out of this State.
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She’s getting 74% of the vote right now. I heard earlier that the turnout was light.
Well, I guess those who bothered to vote wanted someone different.
Personally, I hope she gets a clue, and actually does good. One can hope. And one can pray. Maybe she’ll be surprising. Chicago has been corrupt for as long as I’ve been alive, and much longer, and hopefully she will actually have integrity.
Say goodbye Chi town now, the final nail in your coffin has arrived. I can’t wait to see what this woman does and how she finally sinks this place.
Oh wonderful! The first blah blah blah blah!!! Bored of this first crap yet?
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