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Suffolk D.A. Dan Conley To Announce Bid For Mayor

BOSTON (CBS) -Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley will announce Wednesday that he is in the running for mayor of Boston.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 confirmed that Conley will issue a statement Wednesday and will have an event making his intentions formal.

Conley has served as the Suffolk County D.A. since 2002. Before that, he was a Boston City Councilor.

City Councilor John Connolly announced his campaign before Mayor Tom Menino shook-up the political landscape with his announcement that he would not seek a sixth term.

As many as a dozen others are "considering" a run for mayor.

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