Fresh off widespread coverage of her State of the City address, Mayor Michelle Wu announced on WBUR Tuesday that her re-election campaign will launch April 5. The mayoral race will officially be between Wu and Democratic challenger Josh Kraft, president of the New England Patriots Foundation.
Supporters of Boston mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George gathered at their respective watch parties Tuesday night as polls closed and votes were tallied. Essaibi George conceded the race to Wu, making Wu the first person of color and the first woman elected mayor of Boston.
Wu said Boston’s “siloed” communities are the cause of underlying gaps in government support when it comes to housing shortages, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
