It’s a historic day for the city of Chicago. The first ever African-American female elected to be the next mayor.Lori Lightfoot celebrated with her wife and daughter by her side. Lightfoot lead a strong campaign winning all 50 wards.Supports celebrating at the Hilton Hotel Downtown Tuesday night say Lightfoot is the perfect person for the job regardless of her sexual identity and race. Lightfoot supporters surrounded media cameras cheering every time poll results flashed across the screen. Hundreds saying they voted for change and got hope. Former federal prosecutor, Lori Lightfoot took home the win. She beat Toni Preckwinkle, the current president of the Cook County Board, by a landslide.This makes Chicago, the largest city in the U.S. to be run by an openly gay mayor. By the end of the evening, Lightfoot had 74 percent of the vote leaving Preckwinkle with 26 percent. In her victory speech, Lightfoot fought back some tears when she talked about her late father. She also asked everyone in the crowd to hold hands and said Chicago is a place where it doesn't matter who you love-- as long as you love with all your heart. Lightfoot will be sworn in on May 20th taking over the post Rahm Emanuel has held for 8 years.Preckwinkle called this a hard-fought campaign and congratulated Lightfoot. Although this is not the outcome she wished, she says, she's not disheartened and is now looking forward to the future.