Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft will move on to November’s mayoral election after they secured the most votes in Tuesday’s preliminary top-two election, NBC News projects.
The two candidates who get the most votes for mayor, regardless of political party, move on to the municipal election on Nov. 4.
See live results here Wu is going for her second term after she won the 2021 mayoral election, becoming the first woman and person of color to be elected as the city’s mayor.
The younger Kraft also previously was the president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, a charity.
Kraft has also criticized Wu over her response to drugs, addiction and other issues, as well as personnel management.
After receiving the most votes in Tuesday’s preliminary top-two election, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and her opponent Josh Kraft will advance to the mayoral election in November, according to NBC News.
Regardless of party affiliation, the two candidates who receive the most votes for mayor advance to the November municipal election. 4. .
View real-time results.
Wu, who became the first woman and person of color to be elected as the city’s mayor in 2021, is running for a second term. The first Black woman to occupy the position was Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who took over when former Mayor Marty Walsh was chosen by then-President Joe Biden to join his administration. ).
Wu’s record on housing, shooting violence prevention, climate change, and other issues was emphasized on her website during this year’s campaign. In addition to Democratic Representative Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey of Massachusetts, she also received a number of other well-known endorsements. The representative for a district in the Boston area is Ayanna Pressley.
Most recently, Kraft served as president of the New England Patriots Foundation, a nonprofit organization. He is Robert Kraft’s son, the owner of the Patriots. The younger Kraft had also served as president of the nonprofit organization, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston.
Kraft and Wu are both Democrats. The two have disagreed on matters such as White Stadium, and local reporters have shown how Wu’s administration pushed for stadium improvements while opponents like Kraft claim the cost was excessive. Wu’s handling of drugs, addiction, and other problems, as well as her personnel management, have also drawn criticism from Kraft.
On Tuesday’s ballot were Domingos Darosa and Robert Cappucci, a former police officer.
Only a few days have passed since the U.S. A. Boston’s “sanctuary city” regulations “interfere with the federal government’s enforcement of its immigration laws,” according to the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the city, Wu, and others. “”.
In a news release last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi stated, “The City of Boston and its Mayor have been among the worst sanctuary offenders in America — they explicitly enforce policies designed to undermine law enforcement and protect illegal aliens from justice.”.
