Updated: Aide Says No Decision. Perez Prepares to Announce Candidacy for Mayor This Weekend.

UPDATE: This Tuesday Hartford Courant article reports that Eddie Perez  has not made a decision on entering the 2019 race for mayor.

Former Hartford mayor Eddie Perez will launch his comeback bid this weekend, Daily Ructions has learned. Perez will have a busy weekend of appearances. He resigned as mayor in 2010 after being convicted of corruption. The former gang member and Trinity College official’s conviction were overturned on appeal. Perez recently withdrew his lawsuit against the city seeking reimbursement of his legal costs during the corruption saga.

In 2017, Perez reached an agreement with prosecutors and “pleaded guilty Thursday to taking a bribe and attempted first-degree larceny by extortion, but was spared prison,” according to The Hartford Courant. Perez received an eight-year suspended sentence and conditional discharge.

Perez will join a crowded Democratic field that includes incumbent Luke Bronin, state Representative Brandon McGee, school board chair Craig Stallings, J. Stan McCauley, and Aaron Lewis. All or some of the candidates will meet in a September 10th primary.