2021 election

Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu is running for mayor in 2021, her campaign officially announced Tuesday, setting up a potential showdown with incumbent Mayor Marty Walsh. Wu released a video in three languages — English, Mandarin and Spanish — to announce her candidacy after spending nearly seven years as an at-large city councilor. Wu is running on a campaign message…

Michelle Wu has officially launched her bid to become Boston’s next mayor.

City councilor Michelle Wu officially announced Tuesday she is running for Mayor of Boston.

Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu is registered to run for mayor, according to state election documents. One of the documents posted on the Massachusetts’ Office of Campaign & Political Finance website shows that Wu on Monday changed her political committee’s purpose from running for city council to running for mayor. A second document, sent to Wu on Monday from...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh wouldn’t say if he plans to seek re-election next year, a day after he told a reporter that At-Large City Councilor Michelle Wu informed him she is planning to run for the city’s top office.