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From Yusef Salaam in New York to Gabe Amo in Rhode Island to Cherelle Parker in Philadephia, Black Americans celebrated historic victories last night.

Parker ran during the primary and general election as a moderate candidate, focusing much of her candidacy on addressing crime and education.

In Philadelphia's mayoral election, Democrat Cherelle Parker faces Republican David Oh on Tuesday. The winner will be the city's 100th mayor. A win for Parker would make her Philadelphia's first woman elected mayor. Oh would become the first Asian-American to occupy the top job at City Hall if he wins.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Republican mayoral candidate David Oh went into Tuesday’s general election race with several things in his favor. The party in power, the Democrats, had squandered all of the goodwill and faith that voters gave it in the past few years as crime hit historic rates, homelessness and open-air drug markets overtook several neighborhoods, and the city’s school system degraded further into ineptitude.

Cherelle Parker, a former City Council member, is poised to become the first woman to lead of America’s sixth-biggest city. Her to-do list is daunting.