A Boston city councilor said this week she has enough support from her colleagues to become the City Council’s next leader.

But in addition to the professional news, she had big personal news too: she’s pregnant with her first child.

“This is a time of growth in every sense of the word — personally, with my family, and professionally as I prepare to lead the council,” District 1 Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata told the Boston Globe .

Coletta Zapata was first elected in a special election in 2022 and was successfully reelected to her second full term last week.

The City Council selects a new president each term, with the campaigning typically taking place among councilors and behind closed doors. Councilors Brian Worrell and Julia Mejia have also said publicly they are vying to su

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