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In elections across the country, candidates of color made history Tuesday night

Rachel Treisman
Bill Chappell
Joe Hernandez

Updated November 03, 2021

Michelle Wu has been elected mayor of Boston, Aftab Pureval has been elected mayor of Cincinnati, and Eric Adams has been elected mayor of New York. (Josh Reynolds, John Minchillo and Frank Franklin II/AP)

This article was originally published on November 03, 2021.

Democrat Phil Murphy is reelected in an extremely tight race for New Jersey governor
A bad omen for Democrats and 4 other election night takeaways

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