In this March 24, 2019 photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot, right, participates in a candidate forum in Chicago. Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle, left, are competing to make history by becoming the city's first black, female mayor. On issues their positions are similar. But their resumes are not, and that may make all the difference when voters pick a new mayor on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on Chicago's mayoral election (all times local):
7:45 a.m.
Chicago's new mayor-elect plans to start her day greeting voters downtown before attending a unity news conference with her opponent in Tuesday's election.
Lori Lightfoot will meet with commuters Wednesday morning at a Chicago Transit Authority train station. The former federal prosecutor will then attend a news conference with Toni Preckwinkle at the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
Lightfoot easily defeated Preckwinkle on Tuesday with backing from voter across the city. She's the first black woman and first openly gay person to be elected Chicago's mayor.
Jackson on Saturday asked the two candidates if they would sign a pledge agreeing to the Tuesday meeting. The longtime civil rights leader told them that the race would end Tuesday, and then "the healing must begin." Both women signed the document.
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12 a.m.
Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's resounding victory is a clear call for change at City Hall and a historic repudiation of the old-style, insider politics that have long defined the nation's third-largest city.
Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who'd never been elected to public office, defeated Cook County Board President and former Alderman Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday. She won with backing from voters across the city.
Lightfoot also made history, becoming the first black woman and the first openly gay person to be Chicago mayor.
She told a cheering crowd people are seeing "a city reborn."
Lightfoot pledged to break the cycle of corruption in city government, reduce violence and help low-income and working-class residents in the city's neighborhoods.
But she faces major challenges, including Chicago's deep financial problems.
Lori Lightfoot celebrates at her election night rally at the Hilton Chicago after defeating Toni Preckwinkle in the Chicago mayoral election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Lori Lightfoot celebrates at her election night rally at the Hilton Chicago after defeating Toni Preckwinkle in the Chicago mayoral election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Lori Lightfoot, left, kisses her spouse Amy Eshleman at her election night party Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Lori Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor, making her the first African-American woman to lead the city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Lori Lightfoot speaks at her election night party Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Lori Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor, making her the first African American woman to lead the city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Lori Lightfoot celebrates at her election night rally at the Hilton Chicago after defeating Toni Preckwinkle in the Chicago mayoral election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Supporters celebrate as they wait for Lori Lightfoot at her election night party Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Lori Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor, making her the first African American woman to lead the city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Lori Lightfoot speaks at her election night party Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Chicago. Lori Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor, making her the first African American woman to lead the city. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Toni Preckwinkle gives her concession speech at her election night party after losing to Lori Lightfoot in the Chicago mayor election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Toni Preckwinkle gives her concession speech at her election night party after losing to Lori Lightfoot in the Chicago mayor election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Toni Preckwinkle gives her concession speech at her election night party after losing to Lori Lightfoot in the Chicago mayor election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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In this March 24, 2019 photo, Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle campaigns outside the Shields Elementary School in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot are competing to make history by becoming the city's first black, female mayor. On issues their positions are similar. But their resumes are not, and that may make all the difference when voters pick a new mayor on Tuesday April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
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Toni Preckwinkle gives her concession speech at her election night party after losing to Lori Lightfoot in the Chicago mayor election, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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