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Kraft-aligned super PAC pours $1.4 million into attacks on Wu in mayoral race

The filings don't detail the ads' content, but the group also put $10,360 toward text messages, which some on social media have Advertisement When Wu won her first term in 2021, the highest-spending super PAC that year reported pouring $1.6 million into the race. Combined with another $125,000 it already spent on digital ads, 'Your City, Your Future' has already reported spending $1.55 million with still more than five months to go until Election Day. Advertisement The group's lines of attack echo Kraft's own campaign messaging. Kraft, the nonprofit executive and third son of billionaire He has also sought to undermine Wu's claims that Boston's Related : Super PACs and the campaigns they support are not allowed to coordinate. But the groups, officially known as Super PACs are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, and, unlike candidates themselves, they can take donations directly from businesses. New Balance chairman and billionaire Jim Davis has already Advertisement The super PAC has also received high-dollar donations from other influential business leaders, including $150,000 from John Calnan, chief executive of the construction company J. Calnan and Associates, and $100,000 from Robert Hale, the chief executive of Granite TeleCommunications. Howard Kessler, a prominent philanthropist and financial industry executive; J. Derenzo Companies, a A spokesperson for the PAC did not immediately respond Monday to an email seeking comment. Super PACs and other outside groups have proven to be a force in mayoral races dating back more than a decade. In 2013, amid the crowded scramble to succeed long-time mayor Thomas M. Menino, outside groups spent $3.8 million, with labor-affiliated political action committees That included help from a mysterious political action committee that paid for $480,000 in TV ads supporting Walsh during the final days of the Boston mayoral race. The American Federation of Teachers later confirmed it was the Outside that year, dropping nearly $1.62 million. In all, super PACs and other entities, including traditional PACs that face Advertisement Matt Stout can be reached at