Lightfoot

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes

[ad_1] “I’ve called Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas to congratulate them on their victories in advancing,” Lightfoot told supporters at the Carpenter’s Local 1 Hall. “We were fierce competitors. … But I will be reading and praying for our next mayor to deliver for the people for years to come.” Two runoff competitors could hardly … Read more

Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline

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Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline

[ad_1] As Chicagoans go to the polls Tuesday, Lightfoot’s fate may depend on whether enough other Black voters will listen to the last-minute appeal she’s making on the stump and in television ads, where she’s broadcasting a closing commercial assailing the African-American Johnson as a “radical” who’d “wreck our city with dangerous defunding of police.” … Read more