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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lori Lightfoot
| image = Lori Lightfoot D5 p2fKXoAArRkZ.jpg
| office = [[Mayor of Chicago|56th Mayor of Chicago]]
| deputy = [[Tom Tunney]]
| term_start = May 20, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Rahm Emanuel]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|4}}
| birth_place = [[Massillon, Ohio|Massillon]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Lightfoot says election is a movement for change |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-latest-polls-close-in-chicagos-runoff-for-mayor/2019/04/02/4de4d55e-55a4-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html?utm_term=.394747da3949 |agency=Associated Press |via=The Washington Post |accessdate=April 3, 2019 |date=April 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Face and Longtime Politician Vying for Chicago Mayor |url=https://news.wttw.com/2019/04/01/new-face-and-longtime-politician-vying-chicago-mayor |via=WTTW |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=April 3, 2019 |date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>
| spouse = Amy Eshleman
| children = 1
| education = [[University of Michigan]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Chicago]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| signature = Lori Lightfoot signature 1.png
}}
'''Lori Elaine Lightfoot''' (born August 4, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician. Lightfoot is the 56th [[Mayor of Chicago]] since 2019. On April 2, 2019, Lightfoot was [[2019 Chicago mayoral election|elected]] mayor. She is the first African-American woman and first [[LGBT]] individual elected to the position of Mayor of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/02/chicago-mayors-race-history-black-woman-lori-lightfoot-toni-preckwinkle/3339248002/|title=Chicago elects Lori Lightfoot as first gay and first black female mayor in city’s history|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Lightfoot was born in [[Massillon, Ohio]]. She studied at the [[University of Michigan|University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] and [[University of Chicago]]. Lightfoot took jobs working for Congress members [[Ralph Regula]] and [[Barbara Mikulski]].

==Legal career==
Lightfoot had several different jobs working for the government in Chicago. She used to be Chief of Staff and General Counsel of the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). She also used to be First Deputy of the Chicago Department of Procurement Services. Lightfoot was President of the [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago Police]] Board and Chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force.

A lawyer, she worked for the Senior Equity Partner in the Litigation & Conflict Resolution Group at [[Mayer Brown|Mayer Brown LLP]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-mayor-campaign-20180507-story.html|title=Lightfoot on Emanuel challenge: She'll be progressive candidate who makes City Hall serve everyone|last=Dardick|first=Hal|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2018-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Mayor of Chicago==
===Campaign===
On May 10, 2018, Lori Lightfoot announced her candidacy for [[Mayor of Chicago]] in the [[Chicago mayoral election, 2019|2019 Mayoral Election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7chicago.com/politics/lori-lightfoot-running-for-chicago-mayor/3454996/|title=Lori Lightfoot running for Chicago mayor|date=2018-05-10|work=ABC7 Chicago|access-date=2018-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> Lightfoot is the first openly-lesbian candidate in the history of Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/94063636|title=Lightfoot to become first openly lesbian candidate for Chicago mayor|last=Staff|first=GoPride com News|website=ChicagoPride.com|language=EN|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> She, along with [[Toni Preckwinkle]], advanced to the runoff election on April 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cb-chicago-election-day-20190226-story.html|title=Live updates: Bill Daley concedes in Chicago mayoral race, as Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle emerge from crowded field|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> Some [[Activism|activists]] were against her becoming mayor because she worked with the [[Chicago Police Department|police]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Donovan|first=Lisa|title=The Spin: Activists against Lightfoot {{!}} Four years after Rahm vs. Chuy {{!}} Police plan Foxx protest|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-activists-lightfoot-emanuel-garcia-foxx-smollett-spin-20190329-story.html|access-date=2020-10-27|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>

On April 2, 2019, Lori Lightfoot won the election, becoming the first African-American woman and openly [[lesbian]] individual to be mayor of Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/us/chicago-mayoral-election-results/index.html|title=The first African-American female mayor in Chicago history will be Lori Lightfoot|last=CNN|first=Madison Park and Steve Almasy|website=CNN|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref> She got 77% of the vote while Preckwinkle got 23%.

===Tenure===
Lightfoot took [[Mayor of Chicago|office]] on May 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Silets |first1=Alexandra |title=Could Another Daley Become Mayor of Chicago? |url=https://news.wttw.com/2018/09/17/could-another-daley-become-mayor-chicago |website=WTTW News |accessdate=April 3, 2019 |language=en |date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> A few days later, Lightfoot picked [[Tom Tunney]] as [[Vice Mayor of Chicago|Vice Mayor]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spielman |first1=Fran |title=Lightfoot shakes up the City Council |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/5/17/18629590/lori-lightfoot-chicago-city-council-committee-leadership |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |accessdate=2 February 2020 |language=en |date=17 May 2019}}</ref> People continued to protest against her, especially when the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement became even bigger after [[George Floyd]] was killed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CNN|first=Madeline Holcombe, Brad Parks and Ryan Young|title=Chicago protesters rally at mayor's house a day after clashes with police|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/chicago-protest-lori-lightfoot/index.html|access-date=2020-10-27|website=CNN}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lightfoot lives in the [[Logan Square, Chicago|Logan Square]] neighborhood on [[Chicago]]'s North Side<ref>{{cite web|url=https://logansquarist.com/2018/08/a-potential-mayor-out-of-logan-square/|title=Lori Lightfoot: A Potential Mayor Out of a Logan Square Resident|website=LoganSquarist|language=en-US|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref> and is married to Amy Eshleman. They have an adopted daughter named Vivian who was eleven when Lightfoot was elected.<ref>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/lori-lightfoot-plans-to-tap-lgbt-voting-bloc-to-make-history-and-reach-city-hall/</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
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