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- Eric Adams will be the second Black man to serve as the Mayor of New York City.
- Michelle Wu’s victory in Boston breaks a nearly 200-year streak of white male mayoral office holders.
- Republican candidate Winsome E. Sears’ victory in her bid for Virginia’s lieutenant governor makes her the first woman and the first Black woman elected to statewide office in Virginia.
- Cincinnati elected its first Asian-American mayor, Aftab Pureval.
Tuesday’s elections were packed with milestones for candidates of color in elections across the country.
Voters in major city and statewide contests, including in New York, Boston, Cincinnati and Virginia, historically cast their ballots for minority candidates.
Eric Adams will be the second Black man to serve as the Mayor of New York City, raking in more than 66 percent of the vote. The former police captain will take over for outgoing mayor Bill de Blasio, who recently announced his bid for governor of New York.
Meanwhile, in Boston, voters selected the first woman and person of color to lead the city. Michelle Wu’s victory on Tuesday breaks a nearly 200-year streak of white male mayoral office holders, according to NPR. The 36-year-old city councilor defeated Annissa Essaibi George.
“I want to offer a great big congratulations to Michelle Wu,” Essaibi George said in her concession speech. “She is the first woman, first person of color, and as an Asian American, the first elected to be mayor of Boston. I know this is no small feat.”
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Republican candidate Winsome E. Sears’ victory in her bid for Virginia’s lieutenant governor makes her the first woman and the first Black woman elected to statewide office in Virginia. Only ten Black women have ever held statewide office in the U.S., WAMU reported.
“What you are looking at is the American dream,” Sears said Tuesday evening, per WAMU. “I didn’t run to make history. I ran to leave it better than I found it … Help is on the way.”
Cincinnati elected its first Asian American mayor, Aftab Pureval, WVXU reported. The 39-year-old earned 66 percent of the city’s vote, defeating David Mann, who has served around 50 years in city politics.
“We spent the last year talking about our bold progressive vision for moving Cincinnati forward, our comprehensive plans for public safety, affordable housing, the environment and economic recovery with racial equity at the center of the frame, and the voters of Cincinnati resoundingly supported that vision,” Pureval said.
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