Michelle Wu makes history in Boston

Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu addresses supporters at her election night party on Tuesday Nov. 2, 2021, in Boston. She is the fist woman and person of color elected mayor of Boston. | Josh Reynolds, Associated Press

Michelle Wu is the fist woman and person of color elected mayor of Boston

Michelle Wu, a city councilor in Boston, will be the city’s next mayor, making history as the first woman and person of color to be elected to the top post,

• “From every corner of our city, Boston has spoken. We are ready to meet this moment. We are ready to become a Boston for everyone,” Wu said Tuesday night, CNN reports. “I want to be clear, it wasn’t my vision on the ballot, it was ours, together.”

Wu will take over for acting mayor Kim Janey, who was Boston’s first Black and female mayor. Janey was not elected to the role.

• She was next in line when former Boston mayor Marty Walsh became the labor secretary in the Biden administration.

Wu’s victory comes after a massively unique and historic battle in Boston for the mayor role.

• All of the serious contenders were people of color, and most of them were women, according to CNN.

Wu earned high points from Massachusetts progressives, such as Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, who all have big names in Washington, D.C., according to The Associated Press.

• One of Wu’s biggest suggestions was making a transit system within Boston that did not require a fare, per MassLive.com. There is still some debate about whether or not she, as mayor, can make that happen.

Michelle Wu makes history in Boston
Source: Gabriella Pinoys