Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, has advanced in Tuesday's preliminary election for Boston mayor and will face incumbent Michelle Wu in the fall.

Kraft injected millions of his own personal money into the campaign and set records for spending in a Boston mayoral preliminary election. Wu and Kraft bested two other candidates in the preliminary election: military and former school district committee member Robert Cappucci and community activist Domingos Darosa.

With 57% of precincts reporting late Tuesday night, Wu had 33,111 votes (70%) compared to Kraft's 11,764 (25%).

Wu, the city's first Asian and female leader, has been bolstered in part by her defense of the city against attacks from the Trump administration. Members of the administration, often led by President Don

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