Democrats Will Be Outraged: Bronin Spent $170 a Vote in Primary Win Over Segarra.

Democrat Luke Bronin spent more $872,625 to garner 5,110 votes in his September 16th primary victory over incumbent Pedro Segarra in their race for mayor of one of the state’s poorest communities, according to campaign finance reports. That’s $170.76 a vote, a figure that will evoke howls of protest from the traditional voices of campaign spending restraint. Those voices were curiously muted as Bronin rolled over Segarra in their showdown.

Bronin’s last campaign finance report before the primary showed the Greenwich plutocrat spent $673,821.75. That reporting period included expenses from July 1st through September 7th. Bronin’s post-primary report shows an additional $198,804 in payments made up to and including primary day.  It includes more than 100 payments of $125 for primary day field work. The largest expense was a $53,224.77 payment for commercial broadcast time.

Since clinching his primary win, Bronin has continued an avaricious fundraising effort in the face of token opposition. A new age is upon Hartford. The early going reveals that many will reshape their long-held beliefs to curry favor with the Bronins as dissent takes a sabbatical.