Lori Lightfoot, weighed down by fights with the powerful teachers and police unions and a pandemic surge in crime, became the first incumbent Chicago mayor to lose an election in 40 years
CHICAGO—Lori Lightfoot, weighed down by fights with the powerful teachers and police unions and a pandemic surge in crime, couldn’t make a runoff election in the city where sheMs.
Lightfoot came in third in Tuesday’s election. Former public-schools chief Paul Vallas and Cook County Board member Brandon Johnson were the top two vote-getters and will face off in the April 4 runoff. U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia came in fourth in the field of nine.
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