Lori Lightfoot

Lori Lightfoot was elected as Chicago’s first openly LGBTQ and first Black woman mayor in 2019. She is running for re-election in 2023.

Since assuming office following her historic election, Mayor Lightfoot has undertaken an ambitious agenda of expanding opportunity and inclusive economic growth across Chicago’s neighborhoods and communities.

Mayor Lightfoot has led the city through the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic with tough, fair leadership – all while keeping campaign promises. Her administrations accomplishments include:

Increasing Chicago’s minimum wage to $15 an hour for hundreds of thousands of workers.
Championing the creation of a new civilian police oversight body, advancing Chicago on a path toward police reform.
Passing transformative, unprecedented budgets, including historical investments in mental health care, public safety and environmental justice.
Forging a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with a particular focus on the communities most devastated by the virus.

Prior to her election, Mayor Lightfoot served as senior equity partner in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group at Mayer Brown. Before that, she was President of the Chicago Police Board and Chair of the Police Accountability Task Force. In addition to other prominent roles in the city, Mayor Lightfoot also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

She is a native of Massillon, Ohio and has been a resident of Chicago since 1986. She currently lives on the Near Northwest Side with her wife Amy Eshleman and their daughter.

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