BOSTON (AP) — 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.
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. Kraft, whose father has had a friendly relationship with President Donald Trump in the past, has also attacked the president, saying at a union campaign event