Mayor Michelle Wu responded to the news that her rival, philanthropist Josh Kraft, was dropping out of the mayoral race with a short statement released Thursday evening.

“I respect Josh’s decision and thank him for caring about our city deeply enough to want to make it better. We are going to continue over the next two months and beyond to keep engaging our community members about the critical work in front of us and how we keep making Boston a safe, welcoming home for everyone,” Wu said.

Earlier this week, voters resoundingly showed their support for Wu. She trounced Kraft by a wide margin: the city’s unofficial election results show Wu received 71.84% of the vote compared to Kraft’s 23.07%. Two lesser-known candidates, Domingos DaRosa and Robert Cappucci, received about 2% of t

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