2025 Boston Mayoral Race

I can’t look at Josh Kraft without thinking of Eric Trump. Shouldn’t be too hard to portray him as the idiot kid that Bob didn’t trust or respect enough to have in the family business and instead pawned off on the Boys & Girls Club.
 
To make herself politically vulnerable, Wu would have had to have made major mistakes or alienated sizable constituencies. Despite having had her share of stumbles, Wu's avoided this.

I don't see Kraft's path to unseating her.
 
I think the last incumbent mayor to lose was James Michael Curley in 1949
 
Who’s advising this guy? The time to come out with this “demand” was in his announcement or perhaps before as a teaser to his candidacy, not on a random Tuesday evening when the Musk administration shut down the JFK Library and did a bunch of other crazy newsworthy shit.
 
themissinglink said:
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Will bike and bus lanes be an issue in the Boston mayoral election? - The Boston Globe

Three Opinion writers to weigh in on the debate about bike and bus lanes across the city.
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The Glob is trying way too hard to make this an issue when it's just not got that high a temperature for a majority of city voters. Everybody's appealing to bunkered-in suburbanites with a fear of things urban, not the actual city electorate who live and work with stuff like bike lanes as a non-issue.
 
Just rapid fire brain dead takes in there. Bike lanes a bigger issue than schools? Equating not listening to north end restaurant owners as not listening to the north end community? Bike lane supporters are the "elite who know better than everyone else." while Kraft is...somehow not that?
 
themissinglink said:
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Josh Kraft calls on Mayor Michelle Wu to ‘immediately halt’ Boston’s White Stadium demolition

Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft is calling on Mayor Michelle Wu to “immediately halt” the razing of White Stadium that began last Friday, until the courts can rule on the city’s public-private …
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This is honestly really confusing/surprising to me. The Kraft family must be working with the BOS NATION FC (or whatever they're going to call themselves) leadership, and must have at least heard of this from his dad or brother.

It's a bit concerning that the son of a professional soccer team owner who is looking to build a new stadium in the area is trying to stop construction of a new stadium for a professional soccer team.
 
thepixelnation said:
This is honestly really confusing/surprising to me. The Kraft family must be working with the BOS NATION FC (or whatever they're going to call themselves) leadership, and must have at least heard of this from his dad or brother.

It's a bit concerning that the son of a professional soccer team owner who is looking to build a new stadium in the area is trying to stop construction of a new stadium for a professional soccer team.
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If only that’s all there was to it.

“The Jan. 27 meeting was with members of the FIFA World Cup Boston 2026 host committee, which has deep ties to the Krafts: Two of its three board members are executives at family businesses. The committee said it needed $170 million for such expenses as busing fans to Foxborough, improving the nearby commuter rail station, and replacing the stadium’s turf field with grass, according to draft documents obtained by the Globe.

If organizers cannot raise enough money, whether from government funds or private donors, FIFA could take its games elsewhere.

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‘You can’t put the New England Patriots into a blind trust’: Josh Kraft’s mayoral bid raises concerns about conflicts - The Boston Globe

Should Kraft win the city’s highest office, his ties to his family and its businesses will be hard to ignore.
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kmp1284 said:
If only that’s all there was to it.

“The Jan. 27 meeting was with members of the FIFA World Cup Boston 2026 host committee, which has deep ties to the Krafts: Two of its three board members are executives at family businesses. The committee said it needed $170 million for such expenses as busing fans to Foxborough, improving the nearby commuter rail station, and replacing the stadium’s turf field with grass, according to draft documents obtained by the Globe.

If organizers cannot raise enough money, whether from government funds or private donors, FIFA could take its games elsewhere.

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‘You can’t put the New England Patriots into a blind trust’: Josh Kraft’s mayoral bid raises concerns about conflicts - The Boston Globe

Should Kraft win the city’s highest office, his ties to his family and its businesses will be hard to ignore.
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After the sour Boston 2024 experience vis a vis the IOC, I would think allowing the city to be extorted by another international sports crime syndicate like FIFA would be anathema to voters here. But what do I know...I'm not one of Kraft's campaign advisors, amirite? 🤷‍♂️
 
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Why do Trump aides and the GOP want Wu to win reelection? - The Boston Globe

Trading one base for another: As national Republicans try to blame Wu over Boston's immigration policies, the impact will only help Wu.
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I don't think the hearing is necessarily positive or negative for Wu. I don't think that immigration, or national politics in general, is going to make or break this race.

But of course, it wouldn't be a Globe article about the election without this:

Indeed, in some alternative world where Republicans stayed out of Boston politics, maybe Kraft would have a clean shot to speak to grievances over the explosion of bike lanes and property taxes.
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That explosion of property taxes that Wu spent a lot of political capital trying to block, only to be thwarted by Kraft-friendly local pols? The bike lane culture war stuff is just so, so dumb.

Anyways, giving her a national stage to get yelled at by the most MAGA-pilled congressman is absolutely going to help her in her race.
 
Justbuildit said:
That explosion of property taxes that Wu spent a lot of political capital trying to block, only to be thwarted by Kraft-friendly local pols? The bike lane culture war stuff is just so, so dumb.

Anyways, giving her a national stage to get yelled at by the most MAGA-pilled congressman is absolutely going to help her in her race.
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Get mad at Ed Flynn for those property taxes, not Wu. Such bad faith from the Globe.
 
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Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association to endorse Mayor Michelle Wu in reelection race this week - The Boston Globe

The city's largest police union did not endorse a mayoral candidate in 2021.
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The city’s largest police union, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, plans to formally endorse Mayor Michelle Wu later this week in her re-election bid, according to two sources close to the matter.

The official announcement is scheduled for later this week, which was first reported by the Boston Herald. The police union did not endorse in the 2021 mayoral race, when Wu emerged as a frontrunner in a crowded field of candidates and ultimately defeated then-Councilor Annissa Essaibi George in the November general election.

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In recent months, Wu and Cox have touted Boston’s record-low crime rates, calling Boston the “safest large city in the country.” Boston ended 2024 with the fewest number of homicides in nearly seven decades.

In December 2023, the Boston City Council unanimously approved a new contract between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, after union representatives and Wu administration officials reached what Wu called a “groundbreaking” agreement. The contract provisions include changes to some disciplinary protocol and the detail system, as well as cost of living increases and retention incentives.
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One would think this should be a core constituency for Kraft.
 
themissinglink said:
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu leads challenger Josh Kraft by 14 percentage points in early poll of mayor’s race - The Boston Globe

The survey offers the first early look at the matchup between the first-term progressive mayor and her most prominent challenger.
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Wu up 43-29 over Kraft.
Wu job approval is 41% to 38% disapprove
Wu at 57% favorable to 35% unfavorable
Kraft at 27% favorable to 24% unfavorable
57% say city headed in right direction

52% approve of the Boston Trust Act, 31% disapprove (sanctuary city policy)
51% say the city cannot accommodate more migrants seeking sanctuary

White Stadium redevelopment has 53% support, 22% oppose, and even Kraft supporters have more support than opposition

48% say there are too many bike lanes in Boston, 35% say there are enough, 17% say too few. There is a massive split here between Wu and Kraft voters:
Among Wu voters it's 46% enough, 29% too few, 25% too many
Among Kraft voters it's 69% too many, 24% enough, 7% too few

61% say the MBTA is headed in the right direction
46% say Boston Schools are headed in the right direction
 
thepixelnation said:
This is honestly really confusing/surprising to me. The Kraft family must be working with the BOS NATION FC (or whatever they're going to call themselves) leadership, and must have at least heard of this from his dad or brother.

It's a bit concerning that the son of a professional soccer team owner who is looking to build a new stadium in the area is trying to stop construction of a new stadium for a professional soccer team.
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Kraft has an inherent conflict of interest regarding White Stadium, since his brother is on record as saying that BOS Nation FC should play in Everett.
 
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