She’s In. Moore to Launch Bid for Mayor of Bridgeport.

State Senator Marilyn Moore will announce her run for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Bridgeport today at Mount Aery Baptist Church. Mount Aery is the church Moore attends and is located in a neighborhood in which she has deep roots.

Moore is in her third term representing the 22nd Senate District. Her announcement will follow a celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Mount Aery.

Moore will face incumbent Joe Ganim. The Moore challenge will test Ganim’s grip on the Bridgeport Democratic organization, which Ganim stunned in 2015 when he tipped over incumbent Bill Finch in a summer primary. Ganim’s 2018 bid for governor may have encouraged Moore. He won only Bridgeport in the Democratic primary against Ned Lamont—and that by just 1,300 votes.