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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal,

this is Potomac Watch.

Voters in Chicago fire Mary Laurie Lightfoot

as the US Senate prepares to vote on whether to disapprove the DC City Council's overhaul to its criminal code.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues editorial board member Colin Levy

and columnist Kim Strassel.

Laurie Lightfoot is the first Chicago mayor to lose re-election in 40 years

and the final returns don't even seem to be that close.

Recall there are two candidates who will move on to an April 4th runoff

and out of the nine candidates on the ballot Tuesday,

Lightfoot came in third with only about 17% of the vote as of the figures as we have them right now.

Let's listen to a clip of her concession last night

and I must say at least then, done pretty gracefully.

Obviously we didn't win the election today,

but I stand here with my head held high and a heart full of gratitude.

And regardless of tonight's outcome,

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