Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) and Josh Kraft, the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, advanced in the primary to the general election in the city’s mayoral race, Decision Desk HQ projects.  The race call formally sets up the head-to-head battle between Wu, Boston’s first female mayor and first Asian American mayor, who is seeking a second term, and Kraft, a scion of the longtime Patriots owner who also formerly led the New England Patriots Foundation and the Boys & Girls Club of Boston. 

The two candidates fended off relatively minor opposition to advance from the nonpartisan blanket primary, in which the two top-performing candidates move on to compete in the general election.  The race could become a proxy battle of sorts between the progressive Wu and the more moderate Kraft

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