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The political makeup of the Minneapolis City Council will become more liberal after election results Wednesday show some progressive candidates likely gaining an edge in the body.

MPR News’ Jon Collins joined Minnesota Now host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the nail biters and election results across the city.

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Justin Hurst was up for election in Springfield but faced an allegation of paying residents to vote for him just days before the election. He denied the allegation and called it a “last-minute smear campaign” from his competitor, Mayor Domenic Sarno, at a news conference in front of his home. A few candidates faced controversy amid their races for election over the past few months. Some came out on the other side, unscathed and able to secure enough votes to serve as their city’s mayor, and some did not. In...

Voters in Bordentown Township and Bordentown City went to the polls on Nov. 7 and elected members of the governing body/board of education. The Burlington County Clerk’s Office has posted results from the election on its website. All of the election results are unofficial and will remain unofficial until a vote counting process that could take more than a week has been completed. The totals as of Nov. 8 do not include late mail-in ballots and provisional ballots, which are expected to be tallied later this week. Two Democratic incumbents...

BOSTON - It was a quiet Election Day in Massachusetts and across the nation, but there were some important races decided by voters Tuesday. In Boston's city councilor at-large race, there were eight candidates running for four spots. Incumbent councilors Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy and Julie Mejia all kept their seats and Henry Santana was also elected. At the district level, there were several contested races. Enrique Pepen beat Jose Ruiz in District 5, where voters decided to oust Councilor Ricardo Arroyo in the preliminary election. There is also a...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Voters made their way to the polls to decide races across Massachusetts on Tuesday, including in Boston, where a handful of new members were added to the city council, and in Worcester, where the city kept its incumbent mayor. On the Boston City Council, Henry Santana is the projected winner of the At-Large seat held by longtime councilor Michael Flaherty, who did not seek reelection, Ben Jacob Weber won the District 6 seat currently held by Kendra Lara, and Enrique Pepen is the projected winner of the...

Mass. voters make leadership changes in Boston, other cities Voters headed to the polls in 80 communities across Massachusetts, including in Boston, where the City Council will welcome several new faces.Eight candidates ran for four at-large council spots. The unofficial results show Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia and Henry Santana will fill those seats.Woburn voters picked a new city mayor.

Four at-large seats were up for grabs in Tuesday's Boston City Council election, and in the end three incumbents wound up holding onto their seats. Ruthzee Louijeune finished first with 43,127 votes, followed closely by Erin Murphy at 42,476, giving them 20% apiece. Julia Mejia received 38,529 votes (18%) to hold onto her at-large seat, and newcomer Henry Santana won the fourth open seat with 32,902 votes (16%). Bridget Nee-Walsh (12%), Shawn Nelson (5%), Clifton Braithwaite (5%) and Catherine Vitale (4%) did not receive enough votes to win seats on...

For the remaining three districts, two Democratic newcomers — Yusef Salaam of Harlem and Chris Banks of Brooklyn — won primaries in June and ran unopposed Tuesday. Sitting councilmembers won or had a lead in 48 of the 51 districts across the city, according to unofficial results from the city Board of Elections . In general, it was a good day to be an incumbent member of the New York City Council. Here’s what we know so far about the results of the 2023 elections: New York City voters headed...