on this day, boston elected your mom because from every corner of our city, boston has spoken. when i was her son s age growing up in boston, every mayor was an irish-american man. the most recent elected mayor of boston was irish-american marty walsh, who left city hall to become joe biden s secretary of labor. the secretary of city council became boston s acting mayor. mayor janney met one on one with michelle wu for the beginning of the handoff from boston s first woman acting mayor to the first woman elected mayor, which is also the handoff from boston s