Looks like the race for Mayor of Boston is heating up.  Josh Kraft has released a new video (below) and is hosting an event on Tuesday to announce his candidacy.  What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

From State House News Below:

With Mayor Michelle Wu planning to seek reelection, Josh Kraft, who has been weighing a run and has already set up a campaign account, will hold an 11 a.m. event Tuesday in Dorchester to declare his candidacy.

According to an advisory, Kraft plans to “share his background in community work, challenges facing the city, and vision to turn Boston around.” The presser will be held at Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester’s Grove Hall section.

“The site honors Prince Hall, the abolitionist and leader of the free black movement in Boston,” according to the advisory, which was released Monday by Keyser Public Strategies along with an announcement video

The video begins with Isidra Quinones, who says Kraft could have gone into his family business — his father is New England Patriots and Kraft Group owner Robert Kraft — but “rather than that he chose a life of service” by working at the South Boston Boys and Girls Club in 1990 and later at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston.

“There’s a saying we had at the Boys and Girls Glub,” Kraft, a Democrat, says in the video. “I care. I care that Boston is heading in the wrong direction. I care that our region continues to leave many people behind. I care that middle class families are squeezed by the cost of housing, and I care that City Hall puts politics and ideology ahead of impact. That’s why I’m running for mayor of Boston.”

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