Bostonians shared their thoughts on mayoral candidates at polls across the city Tuesday, casting their ballots in the preliminary election based on a range of citywide issues, including housing and immigration. 

Incumbent Mayor Michelle Wu won by 40 points, while Josh Kraft — the former chief executive of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston — secured approximately 28% of the vote. These two candidates will progress to the general election on Nov. 4.

Among Wu and Kraft were two other candidates: Robert Cappucci, a Navy veteran and former member of the Boston School Committee, and Domingos DaRosa, a small business owner who has run for public office four other times.

A handful of voters expressed their support for the incumbent as they shuffled out of the polling center at Boston Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church. 

Ryan O’Dea, 28, a research software engineer who lives in Fenway, said Wu has “been doing a great job” as mayor. 

O’Dea added that Wu’s stand against the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration played a role in his decision. 

“A sanctuary city is what Boston is meant to be,” O’Dea said.

Two and a half miles away in Roxbury, Selena Eutsay decided against voting for the incumbent. 

“She’s for the big-time developers,” said the 65-year-old Roxbury native. “Rents are going up and up and up, and I don’t think she’s paid enough attention.”

Eutsay does not support “newcomer” Kraft either, labeling the race between the two front-running candidates “the battle of two evils.”

Roxbury resident Craig Walker’s support for Wu rests almost entirely on his disapproval for Kraft. He believes the challenger is focused primarily on making money — not on benefitting the city. 

“She’s got a better connection with the community than Kraft,” said the 54-year-old basketball coach. 

Bill Wright, 74,  a Fenway resident who formerly worked in the New York State Senate, said he wrote his own name on the ballot in protest.

Wright said his lack of support for Wu partly centers around the City of Boston’s involvement in the planned redevelopment of White Stadium in Franklin Park.

“In recent elections at the federal level and the mayoral level and even the governor’s level, you don’t always have strong candidates to choose from,” he said. “There are many people who will vote for Michelle Wu just because she’s the incumbent.”

Wright added that he was concerned about Wu’s recent battles with the federal government, which could end up costing the City of Boston a lot of money and give Kraft a chance to close “the gulf” between gentrifiers and generational Bostonians.

Jessica von Ammon, a graphic designer, brought along her two children to cast her vote for Wu. Her choice was cemented by the mayor’s defence of Boston’s sanctuary city status in front of Congress. 

“I have been impressed with her, particularly this last year,” she said. “I didn’t really give [Kraft] a chance because I love Michelle Wu so much.”