Bronin to Push for Early Lead in Fundraising Competition.

Democrat Luke Bronin will seek a fast start in fundraising in the 2015 Hartford race for mayor, Daily Ructions has learned. Look for Bronin, who has shallow roots in Hartford, to tap into his ties to wealthy Greenwich, where Bronin’s from, for early fuel. Cash is always helpful in a Hartford campaign. Bonin’s tenure as Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s legal counsel will also have provided some useful contacts and allies.

Incumbent mayor Pedro Segarra will need to resurrect early in the year the campaign organization that he has neglected since he won a full term in 2011. Many Segarra loyalists are baffled that they have had almost no contact with the mayor in the last three years. Assembling an effective campaign organization that matches Segarra’s 2011 operation, which made short work of rival Shawn Wooden, may prove a challenge for the mayor in what is expected to be a crowded contest.