Josh Kraft is suspending his Boston mayoral campaign, days after finishing a distant second to incumbent Michelle Wu in the preliminary election.

"After careful consideration, I have decided to suspend my candidacy for mayor of Boston," he wrote in a post on social media. Read the full statement to supporters below.

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Kraft advanced to November's general election from Tuesday's preliminary , but his second-place finish was nearly 50 percentage points behind Mayor Michelle Wu's.

Dear friends,

When I got into this race, I promised that the single most important thing I would do—on the

trail, or as mayor—was to listen.

For the last seven months, that’s exactly what I’ve done. Because for the last 35 years, that has

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