(crowd applauding) Wu!

Wu!

Wu!

I'm overjoyed that we are confident, we've made the top two and are moving on to the election.

(crowd applauding) (hiphop music) [Annissa Essaibi George] Im gonna be the teacher and the mother, and the mayor, to get it done!

(crowd applauding) [Crowd] Annissa!

Annissa!

Annissa!

Annissa!

Annissa!

(electronic music) [Kim Janey] Election night?

(tape rewinds) At my sister's house.

I was at my sister's house, it was kinda a little bunker.

You had family and then you had some campaign folks who were crunching numbers and watching results come in.

And throughout the day, the worry was around turnout.

Like you could feel the energy not being the energy that you want it to be.

For example, I was here and helped elect Deval Patrick.

(crowd applauding) I didn't feel that kind of energy.

You had some core folks who would make that analogy and say, "This is what we have to do."

But you could see that turnout wasn't what it needed to be.

And that became a worry, and that proved true as we watched election results come in.

Just a quick, when you fanned this a minute ago, it was delightful.

Do you mind just, I don't know what you did and I just wanna get- Yeah, why don't we get another.

Ooh yes, there it is.

This is my buddy over here.

Is it Jim?

Jim, all right.

[reporter] Wu was the first to declare victory and the top vote getter with a third of yesterday's pathetically low turnout.

But the race for second was a close one, with Acting Mayor Kim Janey, City Councilor Andrea Campbell both trailing just a few points behind Essaibi George.

[Kim Janey] I think the people of Boston have lost out, particularly Boston's Black community.

I've heard a lot of people say now, "What's wrong with us?

"We had a Black mayor and we let her slip through our... what's wrong with us?"

You know, I am staying focused on the work, I love my city.

I love the people here in Boston, so I'm gonna continue to focus on the work.

I'm not gonna think about a loss for our city or a loss for me personally, you know, I'm gonna continue to win.

- As the first woman and first Black mayor of Boston, we not only made history but we made a difference.

And in her concession speech, Andrea Campbell focused not on her loss, but on a greater win.

The real winner tonight was actually Black women.

(crowd applauding) Collectively, collectively our vote shares surpassed all others.

And what that shows is that there is an appetite indeed in this city for change and I know my candidacy helped ignite it, and I'm proud of that.

(crowd applauding) [Dart Adams] What happened with the mayor's race?

I would say that it's frustrating, if it wasn't for the fact that I kinda saw it coming, which is even more frustrating.

And it's sad that people were like, the vote was split, so you're telling me that there couldn't have been two or more candidates from a community in a mayoral race?

That's scary.