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Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk about the week in the Boston mayoral race.

We're five weeks from electing a new mayor of Boston. This week, "The Scrum" - WGBH News' ongoing conversation about politics in Boston and across Massachusetts - looked at some of the polls in the Boston mayoral race, and how candidates John Connolly and Marty Walsh have been handling (or mishandling) controversial issues like the Boston Police Patrolmen Association's arbitration award.

WGBH News' political analysts David Bernstein and Peter Kadzis joined WGBH reporter Adam Reilly in the latest edition of "The Scrum."

Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk about some of the Monday-morning quarterbacking after the Boston mayoral preliminary.

Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk about whether we'll have two traditional mayoral candidates after the preliminary dust settles, or something new.

Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk endorsements, which in a local race like the one for Boston mayor, do actually count for something.

Adam Reilly, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk about shifting momentum -- for example, a late primary surge by John Barros — in the Boston mayoral race.

Anne Mostue, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein talk about the new buzzword in the mayoral race: "innovation."

Running, ball-faking, Spanish-speaking, food-inspecting: Adam Reilly, Anne Mostue, Peter Kadzis and David Bernstein break down the early TV ads in the Boston mayoral race in this week's The Scrum.

With five weeks to go, Anne Mostue, David Bernstein and Peter Kadzis talk about the week that was in the Boston mayoral race, and when the candidates will stop being so nice to each other.

We've got six weeks until Boston's preliminary mayoral election, which will winnow the candidates from 12 to two.

This week, WGBH contributors David Bernstein and Peter Kadzis talk about the influence of outside money in the Boston mayoral race.