WNPR’s Ray Hardman spoke to Brian Lockhart of The Connecticut Post, who was at Finch’s announcement Tuesday afternoon. “One is the wrong road and one is the right road with Mary Jane”, he said, praising Foster as a businesswoman, mother and advocate for children and victims of domestic violence.
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Finch narrowly lost the Democratic primary earlier this month to former Mayor Joe Ganim. The minor party missed a deadline to officially endorse Finch as its candidate.
While Foster came in third in the Democratic primary, she had previously submitted enough signatures to secure a spot on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate.
Bridgeport’s incumbent mayor, who was in danger of being left off November’s ballot, announced on Tuesday that he will drop out of the mayoral race and endorse Mary-Jane Foster.
Finch has faced obstacles in securing a place on the November ballot.
Ganim, a convicted felon, rode the wave of a huge voter turnout to defeat Finch, despite being repeatedly criticized in debates and during the campaign for having served seven years in federal prison after convictions for bribery, extortion, racketeering, conspiracy, tax evasion, and other charges.
At the time of his arrest, Ganim was a rising political star in the Democratic Party, and was being considered as a potential candidate for governor or Congress.
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Enrique Torres is the Republican nominee for mayor and Charles Coviello is the New Movement party’s nominee.
