Wu For 2021: A GBH-MassINC Poll Sets The Stage For The Mayoral Race

<p>Right now, the 2021 Boston mayor’s race has one (1) official candidate: at-large city councilor Michelle Wu, who made things official last week after months of speculation — and after the incumbent, Marty Walsh, gave her campaign an unconventional “soft launch” of his own. So how does Wu stack up against Walsh (if he runs) — and her fellow city councilor Andrea Campbell (ditto)? And what are the big takeaways from a new GBH News / MassINC poll on the <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/09/17/buoyed-by-black-voters-marty-walsh-leads-michelle-wu-in-first-boston-mayoral-poll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">state of the race</a> and the <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2020/09/18/covid-and-housing-costs-top-voter-concerns-in-gbh-news-boston-mayoral-poll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">issues on Boston voters’ minds</a>? Peter Kadzis, Adam Reilly, and Saraya Wintersmith talk it through.</p>