Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has conceded defeat after coming in third place in the election. Lightfoot makes history as the first Chicago mayor in 40-years to lose her first effort at reelection.
(CHICAGO) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot conceded defeat Tuesday night, ending her efforts for a second term and setting the stage for Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson to run against former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas for Chicago mayor.
A visibly shaken Lightfoot conceded the race just before 9 p.m. and said she will be “rooting and praying for our next mayor to deliver for the people of the city for years to come.” – WATCH:
“Obviously, we didn’t win the election today, but I stand here with my head held high and a heart full of gratitude,” Lightfoot said, highlighting how the city emerged from a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic and made “real progress on public safety.”
The Associated Press just before 9 p.m. called the race for Johnson, who in addition to defeating Lightfoot also outmuscled U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García.
Johnson’s victory sets up an ideological battle with Vallas over the future path of the nation’s third-largest city. The two will face off in five weeks on April 4. (more)
I knew Beetlejuice would give up one day.
Maybe not soon enough, but I believe she will have some hefty consequences for her actions (in the near future)
That’s just me though.
Her only “consequence” will be a cabinet post in Joe’s granfalloon. Progressives invariably fail upward.
clear ether
eon
Transport is looking for another failure.
Progressives and federal government employees. It seems as though the curds rise to the top over the cream.
“It seems as though the
curdsturds rise to the top over the cream.” There, fixed it for ya’.She had her fame time…she will benefit later on with all the TV interviews and book deals….first stop, “The View”/s
An interesting portent of things to come?
Let’s see what else comes out of this.
Makes no difference whatsoever. democRATS will still be in charge.
Exactly what I was thinking. Looking at that slate of candidates confirms it.
True, but it does prove that even they can experience a moment of clarity.
What clarity? They still vote for democRATS.
“What clarity?”
Being black and lesbian will not always save your job.
Unfortunately, you have to be a Dem to win.
Chicago politics makes that CLEAR .
Makes a difference to her/it, and I think that has some value.
Not being gaslit by that freak will be a blessing for all.
She talks about “doing good” as she enabled Chicago to be a showcase for murder.
But so will the next democRAT to win.
Is the next one nightmare fuel with an in your face fetish?
But maybe we don’t want one that doesn’t have that sort of thing? Clinton was good looking and slick as can be, but so much more dangerous and damaging that she could ever be.
“Is the next one nightmare fuel with an in your face fetish?”
Yes ,
If you believe there are 2 sexes, then you would not be supported by teacher unions.
The supporters of the other candidates have been frustrated with crime and education, so yes, it will be interesting.
Agreed
Although Beetlejuice reign of terror is finally over, she will be replaced by an installed lunatic liar Johnson.
Vallas is Lighfoot “lite” but can’t win the run off
Regardless, we will continue to boycott driving to downtown Chiraq and the surrounding killing fields
Real progress on public safety. Hahahaha
That’s exactly what I was thinking! She’s complete trash, absolute garbage. So happy she lost.
Yeah. That’s a whopper!
She will get a promotion into the Biden Regime. Total abject failure and incompetence is a resume enhancer.
POC, gay, female, all the bases covered. And her stellar record on “public safety”, well…
Fox Chicago and WGN have been fairly quiet about crime…I did catch a quick blurb about the businesses that have left the Mag Mile, due to crime.
biden has an opening for a nuclear waste assistant director, or something. Does Lori have her own luggage?
Although nothing will change, at least Chicagoans won’t have to look at that freak anymore. It’s not much of a silver lining, but hey.
Good! I’m glad that some people could see that Lightfoot was a disaster. I shake my head over the 73,000 people who were completely blind, deaf, and ignorant enough to vote for her.
Remember, that’s 73,000 ballots, not 73,000 votes. No way to know for sure how many live people voted for her.
She’ll be replacing KJP as Biden’s new dancin’ press secretary!
Don’t be surprised if this happens:
Ballots come in over the next few days (the counting can go on until March 14th.)
Lootfoot pulls ahead of Johnson to be in the runoff against Vallas.
Dominion machines then come into play April 4th which is the runoff date and Lootfoot gets back in as mayor. Hopefully this won’t happen BUT don’t be surprised if it does.
I think once you actually concede, it’s “ovuh”. That’s why so much was made of it when Trump would not (and DID not) concede.
Although the machines presumably go for whoever pays best, and maybe she ran out of donors who wanted to rig the machines for her, so they got rigged for someone else already.
Against another party, maybe, but this was an in-house popularity contest. She’s had her moment in the limelight. Now it’s time for the next political hack to serve the masters. Fresh blood, and fresh bribes.
“Lightfoot makes history as the first Chicago mayor in 40-years to lose her first effort at reelection.”
Looks like Lightfoot was ‘exited’. Not certain about Vallas. He makes some good points, but I expect for Chicago to mess this next round up even more.
While it’s good to clean out the people doing a bad job, has anyone thought of the people who make memes. They will be so sad without her.
When you are SOOO bad that even the liberals can’t stand you.
XD
It’s Chicago, so the factions doing the picking are picking from a barrel of very rotten apples. At least this beetle bored crab got chucked out.
Since the leading candidate comes out the public school system, it appears Ms. Juice lost the confidence, endorsement, and checking account routing number of the American Federation of Education Extortionists.
Alas, poor Beetle, the fault lies not in ourselves, but in our public school budgeting.
CTU (the most powerful teacher’s union in the country now) supported Johnson, Police Union supported Vallas.
Interesting since Vallas comes out of the school system and Johnson comes out of the county commissioner’s system.
Looks as if there was some horse trading going on.
The people who founded, created and built Chicago are not represented in that large group.
Neither are the Native Americans who preceded the founders & builders.
Both, a conquered people.
At least the Native Americans went out fighting.
The Native Americans had something to fight for.
News outlets yesterday and this morning were already predicting a runoff or a result after a few months. Because no election since 2020 can be determined on election night……
Burn in hell, evil thing,
Two wackos competing to replace another failed wacko … and the city continues to rot.
I want to see/hear some white candidate “look into the camera and address the young people who look like them….”
The word clueless is not even useful with her kind any more. (……and I’m not taking it back)
Apparently it’s not really hate, when it’s white people you’re hating. Seems that it’s always “hating white people open season” in America of today. Scary, because putting any people outside the bounds of decent regard is dehumanizing, and we know where that leads …
In the Warsaw Ghetto the people who were dehumanized fought back with great ferocity. Maybe its time to get fierce.
Women, minorities, & demons hardest hit (specifically Jussie Smollett, Kim Foxx, and leftist cultist crypt-keepers worldwide).
Wow, even the Beetlejuice characters refused to vote for her this time around.
Demonrats eat their own whenever they feel the need.
Good riddance. Irregardless, Chicago is a dumpster fire.
You gotta figure pretty much everybody who voted for Lightfoot is going to vote for Johnson, and that alone puts Johnson ahead of Vallas’ total. The radical leftist vote was very divided up for this primary, but it should come together for the most leftist candidate. I predict you will say hello to Mayor Johnson. Probably worse than Lightfoot.
That being said, they are counting mail ins til March 14 and there are reportedly still 100,000 out there
Well, I guess her claim to fame then is being the Biggest Loser in a generation.
I wonder of Lori Lightfoot’s wife, Amy Eshleman, will now divorce her as she will lose all the government perks, she has been accustomed to or they will go away silently into the night and live happily ever after?
Beetlejuice will, if truly finished, receive a very coveted job in a DNC-inspired position.
Or Gavin Newsom might have an opening.
I just feel sorry that someone out there is her gynecologist.
Ewwwww!!!
Obviously, after losing re-election in Chicago, she is now fully qualified to join the Biden administration.
So it comes down to a runoff between a white guy and a black guy (Brandon). Both are Democrats but the white guy is described in Wikipedia as “conservative or moderate” whereas the black guy is described as “progressive”.
I happened to be watching the pathetic Sean Hannity (after watching Tucker) and Hannity said “we of course are rooting for Brandon (in the runoff) , the only time we’re rooting for a Brandon”.
Of course the only reason why Hannity said that is he had to pick the black guy over the right guy because he is afraid to being called a “racist”. What a disgusting fraud Hannity is. No wonder he has lost a ton of viewers and is being killed in the ratings by that light-weight Jesse Watters.
yep, I quit Hannity in 2018 after he pandered to illegal aliens, he’s a wimp
He’s mind numbingly repetitive.
Almost break my finger changing the channel when I hear his voice
or see his now bloated face. When I could almost endure him (10+years ago),
was always kinda rooting for someone to break into the studio, and knock
him upside the head.
So the tone arm would move. Can’t stand him.
Hannity should have kept his mouth shut. Who cares what someone who doesn’t live here thinks? Hannity’s gone off the cliff since he convinced FNC to give him a live audience on his show. His jealousy of Gutfeld’s success is showing.
Hannity is an election fraud denier and is a closeted Never-Trumper since January 6, 2021.
Hannity loves RINOs like Lindsey Graham and Karl Rove. He has become the controlled opposition and does exactly what Paul Ryan and the Murdochs tell him to do.
He always was.
Hannity is a stupid fool who knows nothing.
There are no winners here but anybody with a brain would support Vallas. He’d at least attempt to make the city livable again.
The black guy will continue to let it burn.
I believe she ran on fighting crime, but when she got in there, just delivered radical, unsafe, non- solutions to everything and everybody. We’ll see who promises what and if anyone truly delivers some relief to Chicago.
The only one who stands a minor chance fighting crime in Chicago is Vallas. He’s backed by the police union so you know if he can maneuver the rest of the politics they have his back. One thing that’s unknown here is how far left or to the middle the change will be in the city council. There haven’t been this many new alder”persons” up for election in ages. If the teacher’s union has any of them in their pocket, it’s going to be tough going. If Vallas does succeed in his quest for mayor, I predict another teacher’s strike as soon as they can find the right grievance. A lot of the union leaders didn’t like him when he was the head of the school system.
All I can say, is if anyone has ever heard the language and the linguistics used by the CTU at the many rallies and protests…especially when they opposed going back to work….(schools were losing too much money with students not in class, am thinking?)…
If the union is against him, I am for him.
Chicago, do your job!
Out here in the burbs…we want Chicago to fix their crime problem. am tired of seeing Gang Graffiti, everywhere…and the shootings…they have gravitated south now for over 30 years.
That gravitation was known then, in all the burbs, leadership did little to counter it then, either..
The Chicago Ambassadors of Goodwill Toward Men saunter in and out of neighboring STATES and return to Chicago (or Rockford) after committing their deeds of death.
Brexit happened right before Trump won. This gives me hope.
Are Vallas and Johnson worse than Lightweight? Seems like Dems only get worse every year.
I may regret this, but can ANYONE be worse lightweight???
Vallas no, Johnson is wash, rinse, repeat…
Vallas is a semi sane Daley type of Democrat.
The other is full blown commie crazy.
Bettlejuice.. Bettlejuice.. Bettlejuice
If you don’t go first past the post you will always elect the dregs.
I knew she was gone when she started comparing her body parts to Italians. No respect. And they were not the only group she treated that way.
Murders off the charts there and she has the nerve to claim she did a wonder job over the last 4 years for “public safety.” These people are totally deranged.
So, say it once. Say it twice. Say it three times.
No, not Beetlejuice.
Home. Hone. Home
Home home home…
And way to late. Looks like the weird hag fell out of favor with the Chicago cheating machine.
She’ll be replaced by another America hating bag of dirt.
I doubt anything will change.
Different roach, same roach nest. It’ll never stop until the productive Americans force the parasites out of government.
Going to miss Baby Groot, NOT!
What??? No more Beetlejuice? How will her constituents make it through the day?
Crime stats in Chicago are shared on the website
“Hey Jackass!”
Truly.
(It uses http rather than https, so a browser might show a security alert, but it is ok to view.)
http://www.heyjackass.com
I’m sure she had become too obvious for the machine to allow to continue. As such, a perhaps true election was allowed to proceed.
In 2020 CPD literally stood around and watched (there’s video) as looters ransacked and looted stores in Water Tower Place for seven hours, all night long. Now armed robbery crews, carjacking crews, and armed catalytic converter theft crews operate without obstruction all over the city because the CPD are not allowed to chase them either on foot or in a car. And then she lost the Bears, moving to the suburbs. Groot did enough damage for ten mayors.
I’m guessing that dance video didn’t provide the winning results…
How many people died or got crippled for life under her watch?
From what I can tell Lori broke decades old records for murder, rape, aggravated assaults.
So I’m guessing Chicago voters are looking for someone that doesn’t embrace violence… very confusing.
a good start.
lightbrain/heavy-foot is just a symptom of a much larger problem in chicago.
if you want to really start draining the swamp in chicago, you’ll have to remove the entire corrupt institution of “alderman”.
Pharque pronoun “it” !