Lightfoot Goes Down, and a Moderate Liberal Faces a Leftist in Chicago

News Analysis
The verdict was in: Lori Lightfoot was out.
The Feb. 28 election marked a decisive failure for Chicago’s controversial incumbent and the first loss for a one-term mayor in the city in four decades.
She finished third in a crowded field, earning just over 17 percent of the vote.
Lightfoot edged out Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, a former favorite of the left, at 13.7 percent of votes.
She also defeated black Chicago’s answer to former president Donald J. Trump, South Side businessman Willie Wilson.
The self-funded Wilson, who has endorsed Trump in the past, got almost 10 percent of the vote.
A glance at the electoral map shows how the Windy City foreshadows one potential future for the United States, should mass immigration continue alongside sustained attacks on a positive, shared American identity….