The poll of 500 likely voters showed Mayor Michelle Wu holding a stunning 30-point advantage over Kraft. Wu leads by a wide margin among nearly every significant demographic. Remarkably, Kraft is the favored candidate of just 30 percent of the electorate, versus 60 percent for the mayor.

A public poll released on Monday has incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu with a commanding 30-point lead over her challenger, Josh Kraft. But, in a sign that Wu is not one to quit while she’s way ahead, she issued a broadside against her opponent the very next day, calling on Kraft to follow through on an earlier campaign pledge to release his tax returns.

Where exactly is your path to victory? Kraft seems destined to become just another Boston mayoral challenger in a long history of big time losers. Do Michael Flaherty and Joe Tierney ring a bell? Both failed miserably to topple powerful incumbents Tom Menino and Ray Flynn,

Given the tumultuous national debate about the power of billionaires and how much control they should have over today’s political universe, that is a weapon Mayor Michelle Wu has deftly turned against him.

Acia Adams-Heath, a lifelong Dorchester resident and member of MAHA’s board of directors since 2003, spoke (at right) during a July 15 forum at the Reggie Lewis Center that featured Mayor Wu and her challenger Josh Kraft, shown seated at left. Chris Lovett photo

The median price for a single family home in Boston is nearly $900K. Here are four key housing policies where Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft differ, from affordable housing requirements to rent control.

Kairos Shen, Mayor Wu’s chief of planning, sent a letter to Kraft Group executive Brian Bilello on Monday outlining the issues, including traffic and economic impact, that Wu and her team want to see addressed.