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Article: Incumbents fall as history made
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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In Lawrence, first Latino mayor in state
The suburban city of Newton chose its first African-American
mayor and the city of Lawrence elected the state's first Latino
mayor in a history-making night that ushered in an era of diversity
and new faces in several Massachusetts cities.
Chanting "Si se puede," or "Yes, we can," hundreds of jubilant
Lawrence residents, many dancing and crying, gathered in City Hall
last night to celebrate the election of the state's first Latino
mayor, Dominican-born William Lantigua, who won with 54 percent of
the vote.
In Newton, voters chose their first African-American mayor,
electing Setti Warren, an Iraq War veteran and former aide to US
Senator John F. Kerry ...