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Charts: See the contributors to the 2025 Boston mayoral election

See who made contributions to the candidates for the 2025 Boston mayoral election.

Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft, listens as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks during a mayoral forum at the William E. Reed auditorium in Dorchester on May 28, 2025. (Mark Stockwell for The Boston Globe)

By Annie Jonas

updated on November 3, 2025

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As the 2025 Boston mayoral election draws to a close, campaign contributions have soared and the candidate field has narrowed. Incumbent Boston Mayor Michelle Wu faced several challengers, most prominently Josh Kraft (son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft), along with community organizer Domingos DaRosa and retired police officer Robert Cappucci.

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A non-partisan preliminary election on Sept. 9 narrowed the field; Wu and Kraft emerged as the top two finishers, with Wu receiving about 72% of the vote and Kraft around 23%. Kraft dropped out days after the preliminary election, and neither DaRosa nor Cappucci garnered enough votes to make the November ballot.

On the funding front, the contrast is striking: Kraft’s campaign raised roughly $6.8 million since the beginning of the year, including about $5.5 million of his own money, according to campaign finance records. Meanwhile, Wu’s campaign raised about $2.2 million in the same period.

With the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Wu heads into the final stretch as the sole candidate for mayor. The mayoral election is to be held simultaneously with the 2025 Boston City Council election.

In Massachusetts, the Office of Campaign and Political Finance sets contribution limits on a variety of committees and contributors. For example, individuals can contribute up to $1,000 per year to a candidate, while Political Action Committees (PACs) can contribute $500 per year to a candidate.

Using the most recent data from the OCPF, Boston.com tracked the contributions to each mayoral candidate since the beginning of the year. These contributions include donations of goods and services (also called “in-kind contributions”). Negative entries are contributions that have been refunded to their contributor, according to OCPF spokesperson Jason Tait.