From her failure to get rent control launched, to her school closure plan and failure to get buses to run on time, to her administration’s refusal to listen to and engage with residents, Michelle Wu has quilted together enough dissent and dissatisfaction to earn a challenger.

Kraft spent much of last year meeting with potential supporters, testing the waters for a run. Apparently, he has decided that there is enough discontent with Wu to make an opponent viable.

Josh Kraft, the son of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is running against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, WBZ-TV has confirmed.