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Super PAC aligned with Michelle Wu launches first television ad as spending ramps up in Boston mayor's race

'Michelle Wu — experience money can't buy," it concludes. Advertisement The ad echoes arguments Wu and her allies have made on the campaign trail — that Kraft is trying to buy his way into office and has ties to Republicans who are loathed in Boston. Kraft, for his part, has sought to present himself as his own person, and distance himself from the ties his father, Related : Advertisement The six-figure ad spend by the Wu-aligned PAC is orders of magnitude less than has been spent so far by the rival super PAC backing Kraft. That outside spending group, called Your City, Your Future, has reported spending Super PACs are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, and, unlike candidates themselves, they can take donations directly from businesses. They are barred, however, from coordinating with any candidates or their campaigns. New Balance chair and billionaire Jim Davis has already The top donors to the Wu-aligned Bold Boston PAC include unions and environmental groups, according to campaign finance records and a news release from the PAC. Advertisement Emma Platoff can be reached at