Marty Walsh wins second term as Boston mayor

Mayor Martin J. Walsh steamrolled into a second term in office Tuesday night, defeating his challenger, City Councilor Tito Jackson, by more than 30 percentage points in what amounts to a strong endorsement of his first four years as mayor.

Walsh, riding the swell of a buoyant economy, swayed voters with a record of new jobs and less violence in the city, as well as his vocal opposition to President Trump. Walsh asked for four more years to address the city’s widening income inequality and its affordable housing crunch.

Walsh won 66 percent of the votes cast Tuesday, and Jackson had 34 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting results.

Walsh came out on the stage Tuesday night to thunderous applause from hundreds of supporters, whose shouts of “Marty,” “Marty” filled the ballroom at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

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