Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first openly gay person to lead the city, failed in her fight for reelection after a history-making but tumultuous four years in office.
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on Tuesday denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation's third-largest city.