Full Moon Alert: Herbst Files Exploratory Committee for Statewide Office.

That shooting star Timothy M. Herbst has resumed exploring a statewide candidacy for 2018. The Trumbull Republican filed a committee formation document with the State Elections Enforcement Commission for an undetermined office.

Herbst was the Republican nominee for state treasurer in 2014, losing a close race to Democratic incumbent Denise Nappier. He was narrowly re-elected first selectman of Trumbull in 2015.

There is some talk that Herbst will run for governor in 2018, though that seems unlikely.