Election Roundup: Making History – Wu is the newly elected Mayor of Boston
Here’s a roundup of Tuesday’s municipal election in the City of Boston:
Michelle Wu is the newly elected Mayor of Boston and is the first Asian American woman elected to the office in its nearly 200-year history! Her opponent, Annissa Essaibi-George made a gracious and supportive concession speech around 10:30pm on Tuesday.
Wu won with 64% of the vote.
“We’re ready for every Bostonian to know that we don’t have to choose between generational change and keeping the streetlights on; between tackling big problems with bold solutions and filling our potholes; to make change at scale and at street level,” Wu said during her victory speech. “We need, we deserve, both. All of this is possible … and today, the voters of Boston said all these things are possible too.”
Boston City Council-At-Large Race
Michael Flaherty 17.5%
Julia Mejia 17.3%
Ruthzee Louijeune 15.3%
Erin Murphy 12.0%
Image via Michelle Wu on Instagram
Lower End homeowner since 2005. Mom of three BPS kids. Friend to all except those who don’t clean up after their dogs and/or who put their trash out in kitchen bags (seriously, people, it’s not that hard to use a barrel). Queen of the Nerds (okay that one is only in my dreams).
Congratulations to all the winners of the city election and all who had the gumption to run .
Congratulations to our newly elected environmental Mayor, Michelle Wu.