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The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city ...
No openly LGBT individual had previously been elected or otherwise served as mayor of Chicago before 2019. In 2019, Lori Lightfoot became the first openly lesbian mayor in Chicago history [35] Women candidates. Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot are the only women to have been elected mayor of Chicago. No woman has otherwise served as Mayor of Chicago
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] [2] is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. [3] [4] [5] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district.
Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) [1] [2] is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Richard M. Daley is the fourth of seven children and eldest son of Richard J. and Eleanor Daley, who later became Mayor and First Lady of Chicago in 1955.Born on April 24, 1942, [2] he grew up in Bridgeport, a historically Irish-American neighborhood located on Chicago's South Side.
When union organizer Brandon Johnson was elected Chicago mayor last year, he promised to unroll a “bold progressive movement” in the nation’s third-largest city. A year later, he shocked ...
Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party from 1953, until his death.
Chicago’s financial forecast is clouded by a $982.4 million budget deficit, and Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed $300 million property tax hike has stirred up a storm of discontent with council ...