Lori Lightfoot pledged that she will break the city's 'endless cycle of corruption' and tackle violence.
Lori Lightfoot won each of the city's 50 wards in a stunning victory, beating political veteran and Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle - who is also an African-American woman.
The former federal prosecutor pledged to address violence in the US city and make it a"place where your zip code doesn't determine your destiny". Ms Lightfoot, 56, who has never before been elected to public office, will be the second woman to lead Chicago.She has described herself as"an out and proud black lesbian" and said her campaign created a"movement for change".The mayor-elect promised to make Chicago 'a place where your zip code doesn't determine your destiny'
The 56-year-old will succeed mayor Rahm Emanuel, an ex-White House chief of staff to Barack Obama, who decided not to run for a third term.
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