Parallels between Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot’s time as Chicago mayor
Lightfoot is the first Chicago mayor to lose a reelection bid since Jane Byrne lost the primary in 1983.
Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot each made history when they were elected Chicago mayor. But both also failed to win a reelection bid.
Reset digs through the similarities between their time in office and the impact they each had on city politics.
GUESTS: Rebecca Sive, author of Every Day is Election Day: A Woman’s Guide to Winning Any Office, from the PTA to the White House
J. Nicole Brooks, Lookingglass Theater Company ensemble member and playwright in residence
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Parallels between Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot’s time as Chicago mayor
Lightfoot is the first Chicago mayor to lose a reelection bid since Jane Byrne lost the primary in 1983.
Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot each made history when they were elected Chicago mayor. But both also failed to win a reelection bid.
Reset digs through the similarities between their time in office and the impact they each had on city politics.
GUESTS: Rebecca Sive, author of Every Day is Election Day: A Woman’s Guide to Winning Any Office, from the PTA to the White House
J. Nicole Brooks, Lookingglass Theater Company ensemble member and playwright in residence