On Tuesday, Lori Lightfoot became the first black female candidate to be elected as mayor of Chicago. It is “the largest American city” to ever elect an African-American woman, reports Vox. Lightfoot won the race against “Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle, who was also a black woman”.

“I’m running because, fundamentally, I think our city is going in the wrong direction,” Lightfoot said. “And when I looked at the body of work, I became convinced that the big, tough issues that needed to be addressed, would not be addressed by this mayor and this administration.”