Lightfoot, Lori E. (Lori Elaine), 1962-

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<li>04/02/2019 Chicago Mayor - Runoff Won 73.70% (+47.40%)</li>
<li>02/26/2019 Chicago Mayor Won 17.54% (+1.49%)</li>
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<p>Lori E. Lightfoot is the 56th Mayor of Chicago.</p>

<p>Since assuming office following her historic election, Mayor Lightfoot has undertaken an ambitious agenda of expanding opportunity and inclusive economic growth across Chicago’s neighborhoods and communities, with early accomplishments including landmark ethics and good governance reforms, worker protection legislation, and closing a record $838 million budget gap, as well as key investments in education, public safety and financial stability. Mayor Lightfoot also placed Chicago on the path to a $15 minimum wage by 2021.</p>

<p>In response to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, Mayor Lightfoot has led a coordinated, citywide response across government, business, and community organizations to effectively address its spread and broader public impact, including the creation of the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team, the COVID-19 Recovery Task Force, among other actions.</p>

<b>Mayor of Chicago, 2019-</b>
<li>Democratic Party</li>
<li>Non-partisan primary election February 26, 2019, resulted in run-off general election with Toni Preckwinkle, having defeated Gery Chico, William M. Daley, Amara Enyia, La Shawn K. Ford, Robert “Bob” Fioretti, Jerry Joyce, John Kenneth Kozlar, Garry McCarthy, Susana A. Mendoza, Neal Sales-Griffin, Paul Vallas and Willie L. Wilson</li>
<li>Elected 56th mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019 in general election, defeating Toni Preckwinkle</li>
<li>Chicago's first African American female mayor and first openly gay mayor</li>
<li>Inauguration: May 20, 2019</li>
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<b>Biographical</b>
<li>Born August 4, 1962 in Massillon, Ohio</li>
<li>Graduated from University of Michigan in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in political science</li>
<li>Graduated from University of Chicago in 1989 with a Juris Doctor</li>
<li>Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Northern District of Illinois, 1996-2002</li>
<li>Chief Administrator, Chicago Police Department Office of Professional Standards, 2002-2004</li>
<li>Chief of Staff and General Counsel, Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, July 2004-February 2005</li>
<li>Acting First Deputy Procurement Officer, City of Chicago Department of Procurement Services, February 2005-October 2005</li>
<li>President, Chicago Police Board, 2015-2018
<li>Co-chair, Chicago Police Accountability Task Force, 2016</li>

<p>Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American attorney and politician serving since 2019 as the 56th mayor of Chicago. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before becoming mayor, Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in Chicago. Most notably, she served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. Lightfoot ran for Mayor of Chicago in 2019, advancing to a runoff election against Toni Preckwinkle in the February 2019 election. She defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff on April 2, 2019.</p>

<p>Lightfoot is the first openly lesbian African-American woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States. Moreover, she is the second woman (after Jane Byrne), and the third African-American—after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer—to be mayor of Chicago.</p>