BOSTON — In a stunning show of citywide consensus, 39.7% of readers have spoken — and Michelle Wu is officially Boston’s “Best Politician” of 2025.

The results came from Boston Magazine’s annual Readers’ Poll, where the mayor took the crown with just under 4 in 10 votes (source). In true Boston fashion, that’s apparently enough to win — no majority required.

Trailing far behind was Senator Elizabeth Warren, who placed second with a delicate 9.1%. Not quite the groundswell of support one might expect from a sitting U.S. senator with a documentary on Apple TV+ and a past presidential run… but at least she made the list.

As for Governor Maura Healey — she didn’t rank. No bronze medal. No honorable mention. No sign of life. Sources say she’s “at peace” with the result and possibly celebrating it somewhere in Europe.

Wu’s win is a textbook case of plurality politics: no need for 50% when the field is fragmented and the expectations are soft. With 60.3% of voters opting for someone else — or no one at all — the title feels less like a mandate and more like a rebranded student council Still, the optics work: Wu beat Warren, Healey vanished, and Boston Magazine got everyone talking.

But if 39.7% is what it takes to be Boston’s “best,” it’s less a sign of strength — and more a sign of trouble.

Long live the queen.