BUCCI WCVB, NEWSCENTER FIVE. WE TURN today TO BREAKING NEWS. BOSTON’S MAYOR MICHELLE WU WILL RUN UNOPPOSED THIS NOVEMBER, SECURING HER SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. A RECOUNT WAS ORDERED AFTER THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE GETTER IN THIS MONTH’S PRELIMINARY ELECTION, JOSH KRAFT, DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE. THE ELECTION DEPARTMENT SAYS THIRD PLACE FINISHER DOMINGOS DAROSA DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO MAKE THE BALLOT. FOLLOWING A
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will run unopposed this November, securing her second term in office.After Josh Kraft withdrew from the race, a recount determined that Domingos DaRosa did not receive enough votes in the preliminary election to reach the November ballot. That leaves Wu as the only candidate remaining. “Thank you to the Elections Department staff and all the volunteers involved in administering and certifying Boston’s Preliminary Election,” Wu said in a statement. “I’m grateful to each one of the nearly 94,000 Boston voters who showed up for our democracy, and I’m humbled by the overwhelming support across every neighborhood and every ward to keep going in our work to make Boston a home for everyone. Over the next six weeks, our team will continue to organize alongside the City Council candidates to get out the vote for the November 4th Final Election.”Former police officer Robert Cappucci was also eliminated from contention by the results of the preliminary election.Boston voters haven’t ousted an incumbent mayor since John Hynes defeated James Michael Curley in 1949, following Curley’s prison sentence. Hynes previously served as a “temporary mayor” for five months while Curley was in federal prison, city archives state.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will run unopposed this November, securing her second term in office.
After Josh Kraft withdrew from the race, a recount determined that Domingos DaRosa did not receive enough votes in the preliminary election to reach the November ballot. That leaves Wu as the only candidate remaining.
“Thank you to the Elections Department staff and all the volunteers involved in administering and certifying Boston’s Preliminary Election,” Wu said in a statement. “I’m grateful to each one of the nearly 94,000 Boston voters who showed up for our democracy, and I’m humbled by the overwhelming support across every neighborhood and every ward to keep going in our work to make Boston a home for everyone. Over the next six weeks, our team will continue to organize alongside the City Council candidates to get out the vote for the November 4th Final Election.”
Former police officer Robert Cappucci was also eliminated from contention by the results of the preliminary election.
Boston voters haven’t ousted an incumbent mayor since John Hynes defeated James Michael Curley in 1949, following Curley’s prison sentence. Hynes previously served as a “temporary mayor” for five months while Curley was in federal prison, city archives state.
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