Hi, this is Christina from MedBird Massachusetts. I'm just walking out of my polling place after

casting my vote in the Massachusetts primary. This podcast was recorded at...

It's 12.08 on Wednesday, September 5th. Things have definitely changed since it was recorded.

Okay, enjoy the show.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast and we're here with the latest on the surprise victory

in the Massachusetts 7th Congressional District where Iana Presley, a Black City Councilwoman,

beat out a 10-term Democratic incumbent.

Where our brothers and sisters behind the wall change catwit. To our immigrants worried about the

knock on the door, change catwit. To women whose rights are perpetually under attack, change catwit.

I'm Musma Khali, Political Reporter. I'm Danielle Kurtz, Laban, Political Reporter.

And I'm Dominican Montanera, Political Editor.

Danielle, what don't you start by just giving us a quick rundown of who Iana is and what she stood for?

So Iana Presley is a City Councilwoman from Boston. She is the first Black woman elected to the

City Council. Prior to that, she had worked in Democratic politics. She had worked for

Representative Joe Kennedy. She had worked for Senator John Kerry, both of them from Massachusetts.

So someone who has been around for a while. So she ran this campaign against Mike Capuano,

and she ran a pretty liberal campaign. Now, we should say from the outset here that Mike Capuano

himself is pretty liberal. He backs Medicare for all. He opposed the Iraq war. He has his own

bonafides. Now, she similarly is in favor of Medicare for all. That said, she, unlike Capuano,

is in favor of abolishing ICE. But one other thing that she brought up in her victory speech last

night was her identity. We committed to running a campaign for those who don't see themselves,

reflected in politics or government. And therefore, I ever told that their issues, their concerns,

...