Memo to Pedro Segarra: Bronin’s “Heart Remains in Public Service” As He Leaves Malloy Administration.

No glad tidings from Governor Dannel Malloy’s office for Hartford mayor Pedro Segarra today. Malloy counsel and Hartford resident Luke Bronin is leaving the bunker at the end of the governor’s current term. Bronin said in a statement today that “his heart remains in public service.”

This is bad news indeed for Segarra, who has struggled in Hartford’s top job. Bronin has been scoring well in the buzz primary among Hartford insiders as they contemplate who might challenge the befuddled incumbent. Bronin is new to Hartford politics but he brings resources and connections that would help him navigate the transaction-based Hartford political culture in a 2015 bid for the Democratic nomination for mayor.