The race for mayor

Candidates make final pitches

After a slow morning, turnout picked up late this afternoon as Boston voted to winnow the field of 12 mayoral hopefuls to two finalists.

Daniel Conley greeted a voter outside Holy Name School in West Roxbury.

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Bill Walczak cast his ballot at the Cristo Rey School in Dorchester.

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Mayoral candidate Michael Ross greeted a voter outside the Curley School in Jamaica Plain.

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John Barros took time out to talk his campaign workers at his Mattapan campaign office.

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Stephnie Elson of Jamaica Plain filled out a ballot while holding her 2-year-old daughter, Clara.

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Mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie (left) got a kiss outside a Boston firehouse..

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Martin Walsh helps his mother, Mary Walsh, out after she voted at the Catherine F. Clark apartment building in Dorchester.

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Signs on a fence by The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston.

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Mayor Thomas Menino cast his vote at the Roosevelt School in Hyde Park.

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The election is the first wide-open mayoral race in 20 yaers after Menino decided not to seek a sixth term.

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Mayoral candidate John Connolly, accompanied by his wife, Meg, and children, Clare and Teddy, arrived to vote in West Roxbury.

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Connolly cast his ballot at St. George Orthodox Church in West Roxbury.

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Conley, who stayed at the polling place after casing his vorte in the election, was greeting voters at the door.

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Mayoral candidate Rob Consalvo was handed an

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After voting, Consalvo chatted with officer Mos Caritolo.

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Voters and campaign signs outside the Cristo Ray school in Dorchester's Savin Hill neighborhood on Tuesday.

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Martin J. Walsh stood outside the Cristo Ray School in Dorchester after casting his vote Tuesday morning.

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Charlotte Golar Richie cast her ballot in Dorchester.

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Martin J. Walsh stood outside the Cristo Ray School after casting his vote Tuesday morning.

Dispatches from the polls

Voters expressed enthusiasm, frustration, and some confusion as they voted in a crowded mayoral race to replace Thomas Menino.

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