Besides the NYC Mayoral Race and the Oakland, CA Mayoral Special Election, are there any mayoral races this fall that are particularly worth paying attention to?
Besides the NYC Mayoral Race and the Oakland, CA Mayoral Special Election, are there any mayoral races this fall that are particularly worth paying attention to?
He's not going to be a serious, credible candidate.
Wu has avoided the major pitfalls that incumbent mayors face. She's not insanely popular to my knowledge, but she's not unpopular at all. The only approval poll I found has her at 57-38 positive/negative. I'd hazard a guess that a solid chunk of that 38 is disapproval from the left тАФ people that will never vote for Kraft and will ultimately vote for Wu when they're forced to note the opposition.
Kraft is just a rich son of someone else. Yeah, Boston loves its sports but it's not going to vote for someone because that someone is the son of the person that owns one of those sports teams.
There's a reason Flynn opted not to challenge Wu. He's not dumb: he knows Wu is on a strong track to reelection.
Kraft might be able to make it closer than it should be if he can get obnoxious sums of money poured into his campaign, but I struggle to imagine his pathway to victory, or to relevance for that matter.
This is an election that the media will chase as being "interesting" because they need something to cover and Kraft has a well-known last name they can use as an excuse, but it will prove to be unfounded, IMO.
Besides the NYC Mayoral Race and the Oakland, CA Mayoral Special Election, are there any mayoral races this fall that are particularly worth paying attention to?
Boston Mayoral race. The oldest son of the owner of the New England Patriots is running for Mayor.
He's not going to be a serious, credible candidate.
Wu has avoided the major pitfalls that incumbent mayors face. She's not insanely popular to my knowledge, but she's not unpopular at all. The only approval poll I found has her at 57-38 positive/negative. I'd hazard a guess that a solid chunk of that 38 is disapproval from the left тАФ people that will never vote for Kraft and will ultimately vote for Wu when they're forced to note the opposition.
Kraft is just a rich son of someone else. Yeah, Boston loves its sports but it's not going to vote for someone because that someone is the son of the person that owns one of those sports teams.
There's a reason Flynn opted not to challenge Wu. He's not dumb: he knows Wu is on a strong track to reelection.
Kraft might be able to make it closer than it should be if he can get obnoxious sums of money poured into his campaign, but I struggle to imagine his pathway to victory, or to relevance for that matter.
This is an election that the media will chase as being "interesting" because they need something to cover and Kraft has a well-known last name they can use as an excuse, but it will prove to be unfounded, IMO.
And the Patriots suck without Brady.. That's a real thing in Boston.. Trust me