New Balance chairman turns to City Council races after spending big in mayoral contest

Jim Davis, the New Balance chairman who sent more than $1 million toward an outside group seeking to defeat then-Councillor Michelle Wu in the 2021 mayoral contest, is now hotfooting into City Council races. The candidates say they aren’t interested in the help. Davis, a Republican donor at the federal level, this week donated $150,000 to an outside group, or super PAC,

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