BOSTON — Boston voters for the first time elected a woman and an Asian American as mayor, tapping City Councilor Michelle Wu to serve in the city’s top political office.
Boston had previously only elected white men as mayor before Tuesday.
Wu defeated fellow Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George. The two Democrats faced off against each other after defeating several other mayoral hopefuls in a September preliminary election.
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The election of Wu, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan, marks another break from tradition in Boston. Wu grew up in Chicago, only moving to Boston to attend Harvard University and Harvard Law School. Boston typically elects mayors with lifelong Boston roots.
She takes office on Nov. 16.
11 p.m.: Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh congratulates Wu on her victory.
Congratulations @WuTrain on a great race and your historic win. Soak it all in tonight - you’re the new Mayor of the best city in the world and I look forward to working with you
— Marty Walsh (@MartyJWalsh) November 3, 2021
10:45 p.m.: Michelle Wu will become the city’s first woman, Asian American elected mayor.
#BREAKING: Michelle Wu has declared victory in the race for Boston mayor as Annissa Essaibi George concedes. https://t.co/9SJ8OyII6T pic.twitter.com/jZmGZ7pCuA
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) November 3, 2021
Michelle Wu has made history as the first woman and person of color elected mayor of #Boston @wutrain
— Kerry Kavanaugh (@KerryKavanaugh) November 3, 2021
Wu:
‘from every corner, Boston has spoken’ pic.twitter.com/wBidumIchz
10:15 p.m.: Annissa Essaibi George concedes to Michelle Wu in race for Boston mayor.
9:50 p.m.: Annissa Essaibi George will speak to her supporters around 10:10 p.m.
8:50 p.m.: Police officers have arrived at Boston City Hall to escort ballot boxes from each of the 254 precincts across the city.
The first police officers are arriving to Boston City Hall, escorting the ballot boxes from each of the 254 precincts across the city. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/omjuVUERus
— Jason Law (@JasonLawNews) November 3, 2021
The first voting machine just arrived to the Election Dept. There’s multiple precincts in this bin, at least nine. These devices have all the tabulated votes cast at the precincts. They will be entered onto the city’s unofficial result’s page. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/DQzQ1r2M0y
— Jason Law (@JasonLawNews) November 3, 2021
8:10 p.m.: When will we know? Boston 25 News reporter Jason Law spoke with the Election Commissioner who told us we may not know until midnight or 1 a.m.
I asked Boston Election Commissioner
— Jason Law (@JasonLawNews) November 3, 2021
Eneida Tavares if she thinks we will know the winner of the Mayoral race tonight.
She smiled and said, “If midnight or 1 o’clock is considered tonight then I think so.” @boston25
8 p.m.: Polls have closed.
Workers are beginning to bring in bags of ballots from the 22 drop boxes in Boston. The drop boxes were open until 8 p.m. so these are the last of the ballots from those boxes. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/pVPlxkp9ty
— Jason Law (@JasonLawNews) November 3, 2021
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