Photo by Matt Cohen.

“We have heard from residents across the city from all eight wards that they want new leadership,” Mayor elect Muriel Bowser said today at her first press conference since winning the election.

Last night, Bowser defeated Independent candidates David Catania and Carol Schwartz with 53.96 percent of the votes to become the next mayor of the District of Columbia. She has 58 days until her administration takes over the office from current mayor Vince Gray, and she’s already started work to make that transition smoother.

“He pledged to give his 100 percent support to my team to make sure we have an effective transition for this city we all love,” Bowser said. On Friday, Bowser will hold another press conference where she plans to announce the specific details of her transition plans, as well as the five people she’s selected to lead them. Those plans, she said, will be unveiled online on a new website specifically created for the time between the end of Gray’s administration and beginning of hers.

Although the website is sparsely populated right now, Bowser said that she’s already accepting resumes for anyone interested in working in her administration.

But until Friday, Bowser is remaining tight-lipped on what her transition plans will be. She said she started meeting with Council Chairman Phil Mendelson—who was reelected last night—weeks ago to discuss transition plans, and plans to meet with Gray later this week to iron them out.

Bowser, however, was upfront about a few key issues that will be a part of her transition this afternoon. While she supports Initiative 71, she said that “won’t allow” it to take effect without a proper taxation and regulation bill in place. “One part of the transition will be on Initiative 71,” she said. “We want to make sure we don’t make the same mistakes other states have made.”

Earlier today, a report on the D.C. United Stadium land swap deal, commissioned by the city, found that the stadium would be the most expensive one built in Major League Soccer history, with the city overpaying on the deal by $25 million. “The deal is problematic,” Bowser said, but declined to discuss further, other than she’s been talking to Mendelson about it. We’ll have to wait until Friday to know more.