Lori Lightfoot

It didn't take long for the gloves to come off as Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot met for their first televised encounter.

Chicago mayoral hopeful Lori Lightfoot, running against Toni Preckwinkle, is dismissing any suggestion that the runoff election on April 2 is hers to lose.

It was the first weekend of campaigning for Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot since they emerged as the Chicago mayoral runoff election candidates.

The first TV ads for Chicago’s mayoral runoff show the different tones that the two campaigns may take.

The opening salvos continued for Toni Preckwinkle, who is running against Lori Lightfoot to be Chicago's next mayor.

Elmhurst College political science professor Constance Mixon says the fact that both Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot are African-American women means history will be made April 2 for Chicago.

Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot was out Wednesday morning thanking voters for putting her in the April runoff election against Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Lightfoot was the top vote-getter in the race for mayor and called that honor "sweet."

Headlines about state and local government officials caught on FBI recordings is causing turbulence in Chicago’s Mayoral Race.

Mayoral hopefuls Lori Lightfoot and Gery Chico are trading verbal punches over ethics reform proposals and ties to embattled Ald. Edward Burke.

Lori Lightfoot accused Toni Preckwinkle of attempting to waste taxpayer dollars by forcing hearings on her ballot challenge.