Martin J. Walsh is Boston's new mayor

(The Boston Globe, November 06, 2013)

Martin J. Walsh, a legislator and longtime labor leader, ground out a tight victory over Councilor at Large John R. Connolly to become Boston’s 48th mayor. The two candidates were separated by fewer than 5,000 votes, making it the closest mayor’s race in decades. When Walsh takes office Jan. 6, it will mark the end of the 20-year tenure of Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The election marked the dawn of a new era in city politics, with a flood of money from outside groups and anonymous political committees rivaling spending by the candidates’ official campaigns.