Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot (above) lost her bid for re-election Tuesday, finishing third out of nine Democratic candidates. She is the first openly gay Chicago mayor and would have been the city's first female mayor to win a second term.

Former Chicago Public Schools chief executive Paul Vallas led the election with 33.8%, to Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson’s 20.3%, according to the Chicago Tribune. They will face each other in an April 4 runoff. Lightfoot, who is Black, was criticized for crime and overpolicing in Black neighborhoods and scored 17.1% of the vote.

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