Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

Boston getting mayor of color as Wu, Essaibi George advance

Boston mayoral candidates City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George speaks during a city council meeting at City Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Essaibi George placed second behind fellow city councilor Michelle Wu in a preliminary mayoral runoff election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Michelle Wu looks on during a news conference outside City Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first in a preliminary mayoral runoff election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston mayoral candidates City Councilors, from left, Annissa Essaibi George, and Michelle Wu embrace during a city council meeting at City Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first and Essaibi George placed second in a preliminary mayoral runoff election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston mayoral candidates City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George speaks during a city council meeting at City Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Essaibi George placed second behind fellow city councilor Michelle Wu in a preliminary mayoral runoff election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston mayoral candidates City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, right, during a city council meeting at City Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Essaibi George placed second behind fellow city councilor Michelle Wu in a preliminary mayoral runoff election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Michelle Wu arrives at a news conference outside City Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first in a preliminary mayoral election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters outside City Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first in a preliminary mayoral election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters outside City Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first in a preliminary mayoral election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Michelle Wu speaks to reporters outside City Hall in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Wu placed first in a preliminary mayoral election that selected two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) Boston mayoral candidate Michelle Wu speaks with the media after casting her ballot in the Mayoral race on Election Day, at the Phineas Bates Elementary School in Boston, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Mayoral Candidate City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George greets campaigners outside a polling place in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 in a preliminary mayoral election that will select two top contenders from a field of five candidates all of whom are people of color, four of them women. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) FILE - This five-picture photo combination shows candidates running for Boston mayor. From left are John Barros, Andrea Campbell, Annissa Essaibi George, Kim Janey and Michelle Wu. The five major candidates are planning to gather for a forum on Tuesday evening Aug. 31, 2021, just two weeks ahead of the preliminary election which will narrow the field to just two. (AP Photo)