Lori Lightfoot lost her attempt for re-election during a campaign in which she was criticized for the city’s crime wave. She was the first black woman and the first openly homosexual person to lead the third-largest city in the United States.
Tuesday, the Democrat conceded defeat to two Democratic competitors, who will progress to a runoff next month.
The defeat of Ms. Lightfoot makes her the first one-term mayor in forty years.
Lori Lightfoot was one of nine Democratic candidates in the crowded first round of voting.
Throughout her campaign, she praised her record of helping workers by boosting the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Nevertheless, the former prosecutor was attacked by her opponents over the city’s crime rate.
According to police statistics, Chicago had 695 homicides last year, a decrease of more than 100 from 2021 but still a stubbornly high number not seen in the city since the 1990s.
In recent years, other crimes, such as auto theft, have increased dramatically.
Paul Vallas, a former Chicago schools administrator who promotes himself as a moderate law-and-order candidate, will face Brandon Johnson, a left-leaning Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, in the April 4 runoff.
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