The race for mayor of Boston kicked into high gear last week, with challenger Josh Kraft declaring and the incumbent Michelle Wu making moves to defend her record. Challenger Josh Kraft builds out his team Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft has added four advisors to his campaign,

In 2022, Brett Smiley, a relative moderate, became mayor of Providence after vowing to address housing and public safety. In 2023, a Democrat who favored forcibly removing homeless people and said he wanted to make the City Council more conservative won in Portland, Maine.

Josh Kraft, son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and former CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, speaks at a campaign launch event announcing his candidacy for mayor of Boston at Prince Hall in Dorchester, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Tréa Lavery/MassLive) Tréa Lavery/MassLive