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Chicago To Get Its First Black Female Mayor As Candidates Head To Runoff

Lori Lightfoot (left), who earned 17.5 percent with 90,000 votes, and Toni Preckwinkle, at 16 percent with 82,000 votes, will go head-to-head in a runoff election April 2. (Scott Olson and Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)
Lori Lightfoot (left), who earned 17.5 percent with 90,000 votes, and Toni Preckwinkle, at 16 percent with 82,000 votes, will go head-to-head in a runoff election April 2. (Scott Olson and Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)

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