Lori Lightfoot has become the first African American woman and first openly gay person to lead Chicago, defeating City Council member Toni Preckwinkle — also a Black woman — in a runoff for the city’s mayoral election on April 3.
With 91 percent of the precincts in, Lightfoot was leading Preckwinkle with a wide margin — 73.7 percent to 26.3 percent — acc…
