Transcript for Progressive challenger wins Boston primary

And I and a Pressley is all but assured of becoming the first black woman elected to congress from Massachusetts. She won the primary and a thoroughly democratic Boston district once served by John F. Kennedy. The 44 year old member of the Boston City Council upset ten term incumbent Michael Kopp 10. He had one of the most progressive records in congress and Presley says the decision to challenge him was not easy Republicans are not putting up a candidate for the election.

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