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Capping A Stunning Political Rise, Chicago To Inaugurate Lori Lightfoot As Mayor
Chicago will make history Monday when Lori Lightfoot is sworn in as the city's first black woman mayor and first openly gay mayor.
Chicago will make history Monday when Lori Lightfoot is sworn in as the city's first black woman mayor and first openly gay mayor.