Three-way fight in Hartford primary. Brennan sole challenger to make it to New Haven primary ballot.

State Senator John Fonfara and retired Superior Court judge and former state senator Eric Coleman have qualified for the Hartford Democratic primary for mayor. They will face each other and town committee-endorsed candidate Arunan Arulampalm on September 12th.

Nick LeBron, who is a member of the City Council, did not gather enough signatures to make the primary ballot.

Liam Brennan, the former federal corruption buster, will meet New Haven’s Democratic mayor, Justin Elicker, in that intensely political city’s primary.  Tom Goldenberg and Shafiq Abdussabur fell short in their effort to collect signatures from their fellow Democrats and will not be on ballot. Elicker recently announced he thinks New Haven holds too many elections and should extend his term from two years to four years.

Published August 16, 2023.