City Councilor Jake Wilson is set to be Somerville’s next mayor after receiving 11,185 votes, according to Somerville’s unofficial election results.

His opponent Willie Burnley Jr. , who received 9,054 votes, told The Boston Globe Tuesday night that he had called Wilson to concede and congratulate him.

After two-time Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne failed to move past the September preliminary, city councilors Wilson and Burnley took their spots on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Wilson, 48, was the first to announce his mayoral campaign against Ballantyne in December 2024, almost a year before the election.

The father of two received the most votes in September’s preliminary election , with his campaign running on the goal of “building a Somerville that works for everyone,” a

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