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Marty Walsh On His Preliminary Election Win, And The Race Ahead

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Bob Oakes

September 27, 2017

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh greets supporters outside of the Lower Mills Library in Dorchester on his way in to vote. (Jesse Costa/WBIUR)

Mayor Marty Walsh easily topped his challengers in Tuesday's Boston preliminary election, setting up a runoff against challenger Tito Jackson. Walsh joins us.

This segment aired on September 27, 2017.

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Bob Oakes was a senior correspondent in the WBUR newsroom, a role he took on in 2021 after nearly three decades hosting WBUR's Morning Edition.

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