Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft is parting methods with two key advisors who’ve helped to form his marketing campaign, on account of strategic variations, in a shakeup that’s happening simply days earlier than subsequent week’s preliminary election.
The Kraft marketing campaign and married West Roxbury couple Will Keyser and Eileen O’Connor of Keyser Public Methods “mutually parted ways” earlier this week, a Kraft marketing campaign spokesman stated on Wednesday evening.
“Josh is grateful for the professional leadership and support that Will and Eileen have provided to guide the campaign,” Kraft marketing campaign spokesman Max Baker stated in an announcement. “Earlier this week, a mutual choice was made to half methods primarily based on strategic variations because the marketing campaign narrows to 2 candidates.
“Josh looks forward to reaching every Bostonian with his vision for how to bring better housing and more opportunity to the city,” Baker added.
Keyser and O’Connor have been Kraft’s high advisors since his marketing campaign launched in February, sometimes showing individually or collectively in any respect of his press occasions and public appearances.
The marketing campaign shakeup comes lower than per week earlier than the Sept. 9 preliminary election, which political observers count on will slim down the sphere of 4 candidates to Kraft and Mayor Michelle Wu. Each are Democrats.
Polls recommend Kraft is way behind the favored progressive incumbent mayor, nonetheless, with the most recent polling from Suffolk College revealing in late July that he was 30 factors behind Wu, when it comes to being the popular candidate for voters.
A press release from Keyser Public Methods offered by O’Connor doesn’t get into specifics concerning the separation.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to work with Josh,” the Keyser Public Methods assertion stated. “We deeply respect and admire his many years of community service work, and wish him the best in his mayoral campaign.”
Keyser beforehand labored as director of communications in Sen. Ted Kennedy’s workplace, and later as a key strategist to Gov. Charlie Baker’s profitable marketing campaign, whereas O’Connor labored on Congresswoman Lori Trahan’s marketing campaign, in line with their respective biographies on the agency’s web site.
Max Baker didn’t reply when requested whether or not one other consulting workforce can be entering into their former roles on the Kraft marketing campaign.
