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Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Drops Out of Mayoral Race, Endorses Mary-Jane Foster

Connecticut Public Radio | By Ray Hardman,
Ryan Caron King
Published September 29, 2015 at 4:57 PM EDT
Ryan Caron King
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WNPR
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and mayoral candidates Mary Jane Foster and Joe Ganim at a debate in Bridgeport earlier this month.

Two-term Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch announced Tuesday he is dropping his bid for re-election. Finch said he will back his former rival candidate, Mary-Jane Foster. 

Finch's announcement follows a failed effort by the hastily-created Job Creation Party to get him on the November ballot. The minor party missed a deadline to officially endorse Finch as its candidate. 

Finch lost a three-way Democratic primary to convicted felon and former Mayor Joe Ganim by about 400 votes. 

WNPR's Ray Hardman spoke to Brian Lockhart of The Connecticut Post, who was at Finch's announcement Tuesday afternoon. Listen below:

Earlier on Tuesday, Governor Dannel Malloy said he hasn't made any decisions about which candidate to endorse for Bridgeport mayor in November.

Malloy said he hasn't focused on the situation, but told reporters that at some point, "I may get more focused or I may not."
 
 
This report contains information from The Associated Press. 
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Ray Hardman
Ray Hardman is Connecticut Public’s Arts and Culture Reporter. He is the host of CPTV’s Emmy-nominated original series Where Art Thou? Listeners to Connecticut Public Radio may know Ray as the local voice of Morning Edition, and later of All Things Considered.
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Ryan Caron King
Ryan Caron King joined Connecticut Public in 2015 as a reporter and video journalist. He was also one of eight reporters on the New England News Collaborative’s launch team, covering regional issues such as immigration, the environment, transportation, and the opioid epidemic.
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