In the Bridgeport bullpen: Democrats awaiting an announcement from Senator Marilyn Moore on her intentions.

Bridgeport Democrats are speculating that incumbent state Senator Marilyn Moore will not seek a sixth term in the 22nd District. With the district party nominating convention this month, an announcement from Moore is imminent.

Former state Senator William Finch is said to be contemplating a run for Moore’s seat. Finch was elected to the Senate in 2000 and gave up his seat in 2007 to become mayor of Bridgeport. Finch was defeated for re-election as mayor by Joe Ganim in a 2015 Democratic primary upset. He then did a brief and unhappy stint in the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Adding to speculation that the seat will be open, Moore’s first quarter campaign finance report disclosed she had raised $100.01 as of March 31st. Moore came within several hundred votes of defeating Ganim in the 2019 Bridgeport Democratic primary for mayor. Based on what the public has sense learned of the Democratic organization’s absentee ballots, the true result is unlikely to be known with confidence. A filing snafu kept Moore from appearing on the Working Families Party line that fall.

Finch will find the district he represented has changed considerably since 2006, the last time he ran for the seat. Nine years is a long time to be out of office in the deadly Bridgeport political arena.

Published May 7, 2024.