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It was going to be a first, no matter who won, but Shaundel Washington-Spivey defeated Chris Kahlow in the La Crosse mayoral race.
Spivey won by 451 votes (9,012-8,561) out of the 17,734 cast in the race.
Washington-Spivey becomes the city’s first black mayor and the first openly-gay mayor.
Washington-Spivey, who is the executive director of the nonprofit B.L.A.C.K. (Black Leaders Acquiring Collective Knowledge), won by 2.55% over Kahlow, the city council president.
Kahlow, who would have been the city’s first female mayor, doesn’t go anywhere, either. Her term on council ends in two years.
Washington-Spivey will take over for Mayor Mitch Reynolds on April 15.
