Business Journal: Bronin Supporter to Run for Governor.

Little will be simple in the 2018 campaign. The Hartford Business Journal reports today that Oz Griebel will run for governor. It is not clear if the outgoing leader of HartfordMetro Alliance will seek the nomination of a major party or run as an independent.

Griebel sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2010. He came in third at the state convention and in the summer primary that followed. Sources say that Griebel is reluctant to join the grind that requires a candidate to persuade and cajole delegates to the convention to support a candidate.

The former Simsbury resident was not a robust fundraiser in 2010. He was a generous contributor to Democrat Luke Bronin’s 2015 campaign for mayor of Hartford. That was the campaign in which Malloy’s boy promised to serve a full four-year term as mayor. Bronin is exploring a race for governor, which could make him a Griebel rival.