Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Recent News About Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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Lightfoot first mayor since 1983 to lose re-election: 'Serving as your mayor has been the honor of a lifetime'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is out after what many have deemed a disastrous four years as the city’s chief executive.
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Former IL Senate President Cullerton daughter is "so, deeply ashamed" of Chicago for rejecting Lightfoot re-election bid; "You are now just as racist and hateful and bigoted as Donald Trump."
The daughter of former Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says she is "deeply ashamed" of her fellow Chicagoans for rejecting Mayor Lori Lightfoot's re-election bid.
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Podgorski: ‘Happy to report that M3 Strategies looks to have been accurate in its final poll on the Chicago mayoral race’
M3 Strategies’ Chief Pollster Matthew Podgorski noted his team accurately predicted incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s loss in her re-election bid.
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Lighfoot: ‘Garcia knocking on the door of City Hall would be like the Trojan horse’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lighfoot is running scared and lashing out at fellow Democrat Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in the race for the mayor’s office.
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Hartman endorses Lightfoot in Chicago mayoral race: 'Diversity and democracy are working'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has received support from N'DIGO founder Hermene Hartman in her uphill fight to remain in office, while other Black candidates have criticized the endorsement.
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Garrido: ‘This entire administration has been nothing but a train wreck’
Lt. John Garrido III, formerly an officer with the Chicago Police Department’s 16th District, joined Chicago’s Morning Answer to discuss public safety in the light of the spring race for Chicago mayor.
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Contributions to mayoral candidates reflect priorities; Trade and teachers' unions split support
CHICAGO – Sources of campaign cash for mayor Lori Lightfoot and her challengers reflect a rainbow of priorities and loyalties.
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Garrido condemns Garcia and Lightfoot's mayoral bids: ‘Chuy wasted no time piling on our Officers’
John Garrido III, formerly an officer with the Chicago Police Department’s 16th District, is opposing the mayoral runs of U.S. Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL) and incumbent Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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M3 Strategies poll: ‘If the election were held today, Paul Vallas (26%) and Jesús 'Chuy' García (19%) would make the runoff’
M3 Strategies recently released a poll finding Chicago Mayor Lori Lighfoot is a long-shot to re-win the job she’s held for the past two years.
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Proposed 'Armed Security Protection Act' to mandate security guards in Chicago municipalities with populations over 2 million
A state mandate being considered in Illinois would require many types of businesses in cities with populations over 2 million – limiting its effect to Chicago only.
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Green critics question PPP loan firm: 'Green was recruiting anyone with a social security number to fill out PPP loan applications'
Critics are taking to Twitter to blast Black Lives Matter activist and Chicago mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green.
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Vallas: 'Despite Lightfoot's claim of progress, [the] city had over 700 murders' last year
Paul Vallas (D) is a candidate for mayor of Chicago and a former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
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Vallas: 'Lightfoot’s new budget will leave next Mayor with city budget deficit ranging from $500M to $1B'
Democrat Paul Vallas, a mayoral candidate and the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), expressed criticism of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget.
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Vallas on Chicago Police: ‘Lightfoot & Brown cancelled days off again’
Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas is criticizing the treatment police officers for the City of Chicago have received under Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Pekau calls out Lightfoot: 'When migrants show up, she buses them to the suburbs'
Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, the Republican candidate in Illinois' 6th Congressional district race, called out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for claiming to welcome migrants but shipping them out to the suburbs.
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Undocumented immigrants bused to Chicago: 'We’re asking for your help tonight in support of the migrants'
As Texas Governor Greg Abbott spends approximately $12 million to send busloads of immigrants out of his state, some to Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked to “have their back.”
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Lightfoot pulls race card as Chicago receives illegal immigrants: 'Abbott is without any shame or humanity'
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pulled the race card when discussing the city’s receipt of 60 illegal immigrants being bused in by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Lightfoot called out on increase in crime: '1186 shot 213 murdered 80%+ black'
Radio show host Dan Proft again called out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for overseeing a dysfunctional policy response to rising crime rates in the city.
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Lightfoot welcomes students back to school amid lagging reading levels
Mayor Lori Lightfoot welcomed Chicago Public Schools students back to school with a series of tweets.
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Gooden on gun legislation: '61 people were shot and 10 were killed in Chicago last weekend'
Republican Congressman Lance Gooden of Texas is pointing to Illinois as an example of how ineffective he thinks gun control legislation just for the sake of taking action can be.“61 people were shot and 10 were killed in Chicago last weekend,” Gooden recently posted on Twitter.