Lori Lightfoot

The historic contest pitted Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, making either winner the first African-American woman to be mayor of the country's third-largest city.

On the final weekend before Tuesday's runoff election, mayoral candidates, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle spend the weekend pushing for last minute votes.

Come April 2 -- Tuesday -- Chicago will have elected a new mayor. Will it be Toni Preckwinkle, a veteran of city and county government, or relative newcomer Lori Lightfoot?

Run-off election day is Tuesday in Chicago, and mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle are putting in long hours, while asking supporters to do the same.

Toni Preckwinkle's new TV ad criticizes Lori Lightfoot's role in the investigation of a fatal fire back in 2004.

Chancelor Bennett said he’s talked with activists and his supporters since then to get their thoughts on the finalists and they’re not comfortable with Lori Lightfoot.

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot is condemning an anti-gay flier that was distributed near African-American churches, and so does her opponent, Toni Preckwinkle.

Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot picked up a couple more endorsements on Friday.

Toni Preckwinkle criticized Lori Lightfoot for taking contributions from a so-called dark money group that doesn’t disclose its donors.

Was Toni Preckwinkle's compliment about Lori Lightfoot being openly gay a nice thing to say -- or a dog whistle to conservative voters?