Muad Hrezi Raises $497k in Primary Race to Unseat John Larson.

A substitute teacher is putting up some impressive numbers in a rookie bid to defeat a veteran fellow Democrat. Muad Hrezi has raised just shy of $500,000 since announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the First Congressional District.

Hrezi, coming at Larson from the far left, has begun circulating petitions to force an August primary. Larson has not faced a primary opponent since the venerable East Hartford Democrat won his first term in 1998.

Hrezi’s pre-convention report reveals he had $165,000 in cash on hand as of the April 19th reporting period closing date. That $165,000 ought to be enough for Hrezi to hire professional signature collectors to oversee the labor intensive process of collecting sufficient signatures to face Larson in August. Larson reports having $841,000 in cash on hand.

For some context on the significance of Hrezi’s early fundraising success, consider that it’s $124,000 more than Republican George Logan has raised in his 5th CD campaign to defeat two-term Democrat Jahana Hayes.

Published May 2, 2022.