Voters in the country’s third-biggest city selected Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, over Toni Preckwinkle, president of the Cook County Board, in a mayoral runoff election.
By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman Mark Berman National news reporter Email Bio Follow April 2 at 8:54 PM BREAKING: The two women emerged earlier this year from a crowded scrum of 14 candidates seeking to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who decided against seeking a third term. CHICAGO — Voters in Chicago headed back to the polls Tuesday for a mayoral runoff election that will make history no matter who wins.
Polls have shown Lightfoot with a commanding lead, including a WTTW-Crain’s Temkin-Harris Poll released last week showing that she held a 36-point advantage over Preckwinkle. The same survey, conducted two weeks before the election, found that nearly 3 in 10 voters said they were undecided.
“Even though she hasn’t had a chance to make policy decisions, I want to give her a chance to show who she can be,” he said of Lightfoot. In February, the two candidates emerged from a crowded scrum of 14 contenders, besting a group that included a former police superintendent, former state representatives and a man who was the son and brother of former mayors.
The mayoral contest has played out amid lingering tensions over issues of violent crime and inequality. The next mayor will also have to deal with an ongoing effort to reform the police force, which in recent years was the subject of a Justice Department investigation that concluded with a scathing report saying officers routinely violate the rights of residents, particularly blacks and Latinos.
Policing issues were prominent in the campaign to follow him. Lightfoot had been president of the Chicago Police Board, which rules on discipline cases, and chaired a police task force that Emanuel assembled after the McDonald video was released. The task force’s report criticized both the police department and its oversight system.But Rep. Bobby L.
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