posted 11-06-2008 09:58 AM               

Chang-Diaz, 30, of Jamaica Plain - a former public school teacher whose father, a retired NASA astronaut, taught her to reach for the stars, and whose mother, a social worker, showed her there's no greater calling than to serve others - told dozens of jubilant supporters at the Alchemist Lounge in JP, "This campaign was built on a simple and powerful premise: We should expect more from our elected leaders to uphold the high standard that we're looking for.

"Tonight," she said, "let's celebrate the things that went right in politics and toast the things that will go right tomorrow."

Chang-Diaz garnered 55,447 votes, or 92 percent...