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woman, a former judge elaine o'neil. and ed gainy elected the first black mayor of pittsburgh. maybe the most surprising results of the night is in buffalo, new york, where democratic socialist candidate india walton may have lost to write-in candidate and incumbent democratic mayor byron brown who lost the primary to walton in a shocker. he's declared victory, but the majority write-in vote still needs to be counted. and in minneapolis, a proposition to replace the police department with the department of public safety has failed by a wide margin. this was a voter proposition coming out of the murder of george floyd at the hands of police, with calls to defund the police, a call that hasn't sat well with voters who may want to see police reform, but the idea of radically changing public safety just isn't in the cards. particularly when the crime is up in many cities. a lot of firsts, a lot of young, new people of color, and not progressive winning at the local
future of the party is still bright. i'm still a believer in kamala harris and i am still a believer in pete buttigieg. but even more importantly, tonight -- i mean, we -- we -- you ran down a few races tonight. justin bibb is the newly elected mayor of cleveland, ohio. ed gainy is the first black mayor of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. first black mayor of lima, ohio. you had ken welch who is the first black mayor. i had to throw that out there. >> laura, my question is, um, the frustration from democrats, as he said, they elected joe biden. they didn't elect manchin or sinema or what have you. but also, democrats -- i hear it all the time -- joe biden needs to realize that this kumbaya -- they say the word s -- is not going to work. they don't want to work with you republicans, they are not going to work with you and there are people in your party who don't want to work with you. stop with the kumbaya, be stronger, get your agenda
in boston. cincinnati electing its first asian pacific mayor. o'neil is the first black woman to hold the post in durham, north carolina, and ed gainy becoming pittsburgh's first black mayor. eric adams will be new york city's second black mayor. miguel joins us. miguel? >> reporter: adams' win wasn't surprising. remember the former n.y.p.d. captain and political moderate beat out a crowded field in the democratic primary, including several progressive candidates. he's the second african-american to become his honor of the nation's largest city. but the first to go around nationwide. in boston michelle wu, first woman and person of color, she beat out a centrist, the first south asian to become mayor there. he beat fellow democrat who was a long-time party fixture. democrats also now in control of the city council there. durham, north carolina, looking at its first african-american
this point? >> he understand for a community such as the -- most of the position which is are held are from some type of friendship or relationship. for example, in east pittsburgh, the chief of police is the mayor's daughter, like-wise that was the same result within the administration prior to me taking over in the city of duquesne. >> i just want to play what he had to say of ed gainy. >> the reality of the situation is if you're going to continue to extend the olive branch and say trust us, trust us, we'll do better, the only way the community can believe that is if you're willing to discipline one of your own. if you're not willing to