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Boston Elects Michelle Wu, First Woman of Color, as Its Mayor
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November 3, 2021
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In a historic milestone, Bostonians on Tuesday elected a mayor who is a woman and a person of color: Michelle Wu, a 36-year-old city councilor who backs rent control, free public transport and a city-level “Green New Deal.”
Wu’s City Council colleague and fellow Democrat, Annissa Essaibi George, conceded on Tuesday night. With 31% of precincts reporting, Wu led by about 13 percentage points, according to the Associated Press. That preliminary margin was less than the 30-point lead Wu held in recent polls.
Slated to take office on Nov. 16, Wu is the first woman to win the Boston mayoralty since it was created in 1822. She takes over from acting mayor Kim Janey, who assumed the role in March after then-mayor Marty Walsh became U.S. Secretary of Labor. Janey became the first woman of color in the post, but Wu is the first to be elected to it.
The Harvard-educated Wu, who is Taiwanese-American and grew up in Chicago, is a close ally of Senator Elizabeth Warren. Her policy proposals represent a local-level shift toward big-picture progressive ideas now on the rise in the national Democratic Party, said Boston College associate professor of political science David Hopkins.
Wu emphasizes the audacity of her policies. She told reporters on the eve of Election Day, “We are standing on the brink of history, where Boston has the chance to choose between nibbling around the edges of the status quo or taking the big, bold actions that we have needed for a long time.”
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