Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lost her bid to lead the United States’ third-largest city for a second term after failing to qualify for the runoff election in a race where public safety took centre stage.Lightfoot came in third in the mayoral election on Tuesday – behind Paul Vallas, a former schools CEO, and Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner – becoming the first Chicago mayor to lose re-election since 1983.Lightfoot’s loss signals growing discontent in US cities where crime rates rose and housing became more expensive amid growing economic hardship and inflation after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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