Progressive Democrat Michelle Wu Elected as Boston Mayor

Then Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu addresses supporters at her election night party, in Boston, on Nov. 2, 2021. AP Photo/Josh Reynolds

Voters in Boston elected City Councilor Michelle Wu, a 36-year-old Democrat and the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, to be their mayor on Tuesday.

Wu defeated fellow Democratic City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, a self-described first-generation Arab-Polish American who was born and raised in Boston.