Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) will now run unopposed in her reelection bid

BOSTON (AP) — Michelle Wu will run unopposed for mayor in Boston after a challenger didn’t garner enough votes to advance to the general election, the city’s election department announced Monday.

Wu, the city’s first Asian and female leader and a frequent target of the Trump administration, is seeking a second, four-year term. She was expected to face Josh Kraft, a nonprofit leader and son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft. But he dropped out after losing badly to her in the preliminary election earlier this month.

Since the top two vote getters advance, attention turned to third place finisher Domingos DaRosa. But after a recount of several wards by the city’s election board was completed Monday, DaRosa, a community activist who was born in Cape Verde Islands, did not garner enough votes to qualify to be on the ballot in November.

Wu, a progressive Democrat running for a second term, spent much of the year jousting with the federal government over immigration.




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