Mayoral Race

After Andrea Campbell and Kim Janey came up short in the preliminary Boston mayoral election, some locals talked about a lost opportunity while others said they expect greater efforts from the remaining two candidates.

Political analyst Jaquetta Van Zandt discusses potential strategies for mayoral candidates Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George as they move on to the general election.

City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George took a shot at her opponent while greeting residents at Mike’s Diner in Boston’s South End Wednesday, the morning after she declared victory in Boston’s mayoral preliminary election.

Democrat Michelle Wu spoke briefly Wednesday morning as she greeted commuters at the Forest Hills T station, emerging as the top vote-getter in a runoff election for the next mayor of Boston.

Mayor Kim Janey’s campaign initially said she would not be conceding Tuesday night, telling supporters to go home and wait for additional results. But shortly after midnight, her campaign put out a statement conceding to City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George.

The final round of the Boston mayoral race appeared set early Wednesday morning, as results trickled in from a preliminary election to winnow the field of hopefuls down to two. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George told supporters Tuesday night they were the top two vote-getters, despite a small number of votes officially tallied.

City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George declared victory in Boston’s mayoral preliminary election Tuesday night, despite an incomplete number of votes officially tallied.

City Councilor Michelle Wu told supporters Tuesday night she was among the top two vote-getters, despite a small number of votes officially tallied

State elections officials explained that the delay had to do, at least in part, with ballot drop boxes, one of the ways voters were encouraged to return their ballots this year.

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell spoke to supporters about the race to be mayor of Boston, which she acknowledged she wouldn’t win.

Only two candidates for mayor of Boston will make it to the final round in November. City Councilor Michelle Wu said she was confident she’ll make it, but who will join her?

Massachusetts state elections officials explained that it has to do at least in part with ballot drop boxes, one of the ways voters were encouraged to return their ballots this year.

Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu told supporters she’s confident she has enough votes to make it through to the general mayoral election in November.

The two top candidates in Tuesday’s preliminary election will face off against each other in the general election on Nov. 2.

Polling locations in Boston will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday. The two top candidates will face off against each other in the general election on Nov. 2.

The final round of the Boston mayoral race appeared set early Wednesday morning, as results trickled in from a preliminary election to winnow the field of hopefuls down to two. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George told supporters Tuesday night they were the top two vote-getters, despite a small number of votes officially tallied.

Five mayoral hopefuls are making their final pitches to Boston voters ahead of the city’s preliminary election that will narrow the field down to two candidates Tuesday.

As polls show City Councilor Michelle Wu with a commanding lead heading into the election — where the top two finishers advance to the final in November — UMass Boston professor Erin O’Brien described the contest as “100% a race for second place.”

Days from the preliminary election in Boston’s mayoral election, there’s one clear frontrunner, leaving the rest of the field competing for the second and final spot in November’s general election.

Boston’s five major mayoral hopefuls faced off in their first televised debate Wednesday night in a bid for votes as the upcoming preliminary election narrows the field down to two. Mayor Kim Janey; City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George, Andrea Campbell and Michelle Wu; and John Barros, the city’s former economic development chief, all participated in the hourlong debate, which...