Lori Lightfoot was an appointee of Emanuel’s administration before she decided to try to end it. She announced a run against Emanuel in May 2018, after the mayor had appointed her to two different policing boards. She is the first openly lesbian candidate to run for Chicago mayor. Lightfoot has been highly critical of efforts to reform the Police Department in the wake of the Laquan McDonald shooting and targeted big-name opponents who got in the race after Emanuel dropped his bid for a third term as not having the guts to run “before Goliath was slayed.” Here’s our full profile.