Boston Mayor Michelle Wu might want to look over her shoulder at the latest election results in her hometown of Chicago, where the liberal mayor was thrown out by fed-up and frightened voters.
Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot finished an embarrassing third in Tuesday’s preliminary election with just 17% of the vote, a rude repudiation of her liberal policies and failure to stem a crime wave in the streets of the Windy City.
The results mean Lightfoot will be ousted as mayor after just one term. The leading vote-getter, Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, who got 34% of the vote, will now face off on April 4 against second-place finisher Brandon Johnson.
