A majority of women and nonwhite councilors have been elected to the Boston City Council for the first time in history, The Associated Press reports.

Voters elected seven nonwhite members to the city council during the municipal elections on Tuesday night in a historic first for the 13-member body.

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Eight of the members elected to the council during the contest were also women, including Julia Mejia, whose victory on Tuesday made her the first Afro-Latina and Latina woman to win a seat on the council, according to MassLive.

Mejia took to Twitter shorty after voting closed on Tuesday to celebrate her win.

“I am humbled to be your first Afro-Latina immigrant woman councilwoman,” she wrote. “This campaign was never about me though, it was always about bringing power to the people. To give voices to those who felt left out. #ItsTime, and our work starts tomorrow.”

I am humbled to be your first Afro-Latina immigrant woman councilwoman. This campaign was never about me though, it was always about bringing power to the people. To give voices to those who felt left out. #ItsTime, and our work starts tomorrow. — Julia Mejia (@juliaforboston) November 5, 2019

Mejia, who said her campaign was about “creating space for all voices to be heard,” said she won “because communities across Boston demonstrated their power at the ballot and showed that they will no longer be ignored.”

Today we won because communities across Boston demonstrated their power at the ballot and showed that they will no longer be ignored. I am confident that no matter the outcome, today all of Boston won. — Julia Mejia (@juliaforboston) November 5, 2019

Andrea Campbell, who won reelection on Tuesday and is the first African American woman to serve as president of the council, also celebrated the council’s diverse candidates on Twitter after ballots closed.

“Let’s cut right to it: women made history tonight - For the first time, we’ll have a council that is majority women, and the most diverse in history! Thank you to the residents of Boston for recognizing the incredible leadership of women,” she tweeted.

Let’s cut right to it: women made history tonight - For the first time, we’ll have a council that is majority women, and the most diverse in history!



Thank you to the residents of Boston for recognizing the incredible leadership of women. — Andrea J. Campbell (@CampbellforD4) November 5, 2019

The new makeup of the council, which was held by a white male majority for years, arrives a decade after now-Rep. Ayanna Pressley Ayanna PressleyEnding the Hyde Amendment is no longer on the backburner Fauci, Black Lives Matter founders included on Time's 100 Most Influential People list Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' MORE (D-Mass.) became the first woman of color to be elected to the body.