Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley upended liberal U.S. Representative Michael Capuana (D-Somerville) with an appeal to racial identity politics and a promise to try to abolish the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Pressley beat the 10-term congressman 59-41 percent in the Seventh Congressional District on Tuesday. She is now the presumptive next member of Congress from the district, since there is no Republican challenger in the general election in November.
Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin beat Boston city councilor Josh Zakim handily in the Democratic primary.
Galvin, who has served as Secretary of State since 1995, withstood a stiff challenge from Zakim, who tried to marshal the left-turning Democratic electorate against the long-term incumbent.
