Third-largest city in US will elect an African-American woman as mayor for the first time

No matter who wins Tuesday's election in Chicago, the nation's third-largest city will for the first time elect an African-American woman as its mayor.

The Windy City could also have its first openly gay mayor.

The historic runoff pits Lori Lightfoot, 56, a former assistant US attorney who describes herself as "an out and proud black lesbian," against Toni Preckwinkle, 72, a political insider who heads the Cook County Board and chairs the Cook County Democratic Party.

The winner will replace mercurial, two-term incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who announced last fall that he would not seek re-election.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/01/us/chicago-mayoral-election/index.html