Ed Kelly, who a year ago accused the president of the International Association of Fire Fighters of receiving $1 million in pension-related payments to which he was not yet entitled, has been elected to succeed him, helped by the backing of the IAFF's largest local, the Uniformed Firefighters Association.
Mr. Kelly, who will assume the post next month, is currently the IAFF's secretary-treasurer and previously served as president of Boston Firefighters Local 788. He got 146,727 votes to 114,518 for Mahlon Mitchell, head of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin and a delegate for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential bid.
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