Josh Kraft
Josh Kraft
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Overview
Current roleNonprofit executive
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderMale
LocationMassachusetts
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BackgroundNonprofit executive
EducationB.A., Williams College
Notable personal detailsJosh Kraft is a Boston-area nonprofit and civic leader who serves as President of the New England Patriots Foundation and previously led the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. He founded the Boys & Girls Club in Chelsea in 1993 and served as its executive director for 15 years, later becoming the Nicholas President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 2025, he ran for mayor of Boston against incumbent Michelle Wu before withdrawing after the preliminary election.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Josh Kraft has argued for cutting city spending to limit tax increases for homeowners and criticized policies that he says shift tax burdens or delay projects that would generate revenue. He has framed economic policy around reducing government spending, accelerating development to create jobs and tax revenue, and opposing residential tax increases tied to property changes.
Healthcare
Josh Kraft’s campaign emphasizes restoring and expanding local access to healthcare and addiction treatment services, including reopening or providing emergency services at the former Carney Hospital site and creating a new recovery campus for detox and temporary housing. He frames healthcare and mental-health/substance-use treatment as cornerstones of community wellbeing and supports coordinated publicly funded recovery and reentry services. His proposals focus on city-level expansions of treatment and access rather than privatization or wholesale repeal of public programs.
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Immigration & Border
Josh Kraft supports Boston’s existing sanctuary-style policies, including the Boston Trust Act, and has expressed support for maintaining protections that limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement while engaging with immigrant advocates. His public statements frame immigration reform with humanitarian concerns alongside public-safety considerations.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate has not articulated a clear, public position on abortion or reproductive-rights policy during his mayoral campaign. Coverage of his campaign notes that his platform focuses on housing, schools and public safety, and that he has not clearly staked out positions on some social issues. Reports also note past donations to some federal politicians who have opposed abortion rights, but no explicit campaign statement on abortion policy was found.
Climate & Energy
The candidate has proposed pausing all new bike-lane construction and has criticized local regulations as slowing housing production, including language that raised questions about whether he would roll back climate-related requirements; he has not published a clear, detailed climate or energy policy advocating specific emissions targets or major clean-energy programs. Available public statements emphasize housing and transportation changes but do not define a comprehensive climate or energy stance.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate emphasizes tougher public-safety enforcement and increased police presence to address disorder and drug-related crime in Boston, proposing specialized police commands and stricter enforcement of laws against public drug use, trespassing, and property crimes. He favors recovery-focused treatment options but opposes supervised consumption sites and calls for stronger enforcement rather than harm-reduction approaches.
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