LORI Lightfoot has worked in various government positions in the city of Chicago.
In addition to being a well-known politician, Lightfoot is also a mother.
How many kids does Lori Lightfoot have?
Lightfoot has one kid with her wife, Amy Eshleman.
The pair share an adopted teenage daughter named Vivian Lightfoot, who was born in 2008.
As the Chicago Tribune discussed, Vivian got involved in her politician mom's 2019 mayoral campaign when she appeared in a TV advertisement.
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The teenager has also taken an interest in social media, specifically TikTok.
As AmoMama reported, in a May 2020 interview on The Axe Files with David Axelrod podcast, Lightfoot spoke about her daughter's interest in TikTok.
She said: "She's obsessed with TikTok, and she's been trying to get Amy and I to do a TikTok with her, and I'm like, 'No. I'm not doing that.' So when I came home...and said, 'By the way, I just did my first TikTok,' of course, her reaction was, 'I can't believe you did it with somebody else and you didn't do it with me!'"
Who is Lori Lightfoot?
Lori Elaine Lightfoot was born on August 4, 1962, in Massillon, Ohio.
The 60-year-old is an American attorney and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Chicago, Illinois.
She was the Windy City's first black female mayor as the first openly lesbian black woman to sit in the position for a major city in the United States.
She is a member of the Democratic Party and the first openly lesbian African-American woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States.
Prior to her election, Lightfoot served as a senior equity partner in the Litigation and Conflict Resolution Group at Mayer Brown.
She graduated from the University of Chicago with her Juris Doctor in 1989.
How long was Lori Lightfoot the mayor of Chicago?
Lightfoot was the major of Chicago for four years.
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She was elected in 2019 and served until 2023.
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, news broke that Lightfoot lost her bid for re-election.
As reported by NBC News, she is the first Windy City major to lose re-election in four decades.
The publication stated that Lightfoot "failed to get enough votes in the nine-person race to move on to an April 4 runoff election, according to projections by The Associated Press."
According to the outlet, crime increased during Lightfoot's four-year term, though the attorney "has repeatedly touted that it dropped year-over-year in 2022."
NBC News also reported that former CEO of Chicago schools Paul Vallas will go up against Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner backed by the Chicago Teachers Union.
