Mayor Joe Ganim and opponent John Gomes emptied the campaign-fund tank for the Democratic primary, a combined spend of more than $700,000.
The respective campaigns are now working in earnest to poise more dollars for a potential primary redo and/or the general election, depending on the outcome of Gomes’s court challenge.
One will be the Democratic standard bearer for the general election. Ganim has a ballot spot on the New Movement Party line and Gomes the Bridgeport Independent Party.
David Herz is the Republican candidate for mayor while Lamond Daniels has qualified for the general election as a petitioning candidate, after narrowly missing the primary ballot via signatures.
Ganim will host a fundraiser Tuesday (tonight) at Boca Oyster Bar.
Meanwhile, Gomes kicked out the fundraising plea in an e-blast:
The loss of faith in Bridgeport elections ends when we all stand up united and declare, NEVER AGAIN.
THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. Regardless of the outcome of the court challenge and whether another Primary will occur, I will be on the ballot as the endorsed candidate for mayor for the Independent Party in the November 7th general election.
I call upon you to please help us end the corruption in Bridgeport City Hall by contributing to the campaign. We won the September Primary citywide in-person vote by a margin of 470, but our win was stolen from us through illegal ballot box stuffing on the part of the opposition.
Please join our Peoples movement for a better Bridgeport future by contributing at https://www.johngomesformayor.com or clicking on DONATE HERE!
Join Ganim for “a end of summer.” “Contributions limits.” Not only is it already fall, but who is proofreading these things???
At a national level, the former President Donald Trump looks to run again, despite the numerous indictments in four separate court cases, as he pursues dollars from the gallery (as a self-pronounced billionaire?) where there is no guarantee that some of these funds do not complete the donor cycle paying his legal bills rather than advancing his sense of policy and platform.
At a local level, OIB reports that two candidates for the office of Mayor have spent $700,000 combined on the primary just held on September 12 and the “cupboards are bare”. But what did that funding provide to the nearly 150,000 persons in Bridgeport, women, men, and youth, when you think about it? Is that what $5 per capita purchases in 2023? Or divide the money by the total voters, at the polls and by ABS, perhaps.$85.65 per vote cast. Vote total 8,173. How do dollars influence? Food, beverages, signage? Walking around money? Where is the value when so few folks come out to vote?
Haven’t we had revolutions, wars, and distrurbances when folks saw injustices and the failure of those in power to pay attention? People have died and others suffered otherwise during the remainder of life in order to secure the vote. Why so few at the polls? Why so many dollars spent to such small effect? Time will tell.
The campaign is over for the litigants, folks. Fund raising for the enormous legal bills is the only type of fundraising for them for them for the rest of this election cycle and beyond…
Here’s your chance to catch up, Lamond. Most people would much rather kick in some money to see a new face in City Hall rather than to help the old, trouble-/corruption-associated faces stay in the game…
Start giving the people and potential donors specific reasons — beyond the politically-obvious — why they should throw some change in your guitar case…
Good luck, Lamond! Looking forward to hearing some positive notes from your press conference tomorrow… (Won’t be able to attend in person…) Will it be broadcast live on your website? Videotaped for later internet sharing? What news outlets will be covering the event?
Vote Lamond Daniels! It’s time to hit the reset button for Bridgeport’s future! Fresh face. Fresh ideas. New beginnning! BRIDGEPORT RISING!
The “fresh” is a cute story, but Lamond carries his own “vintage Bridgeport luggage” himself. Moreover, in June, he agreed that two or three anti Ganim candidates would hurt each other and help Ganim, so after failing to get the signatures, doing nothing about the outrageous Primary Day corruption (crickets!), he jumps in to help … Ganim. Who’s he getting his advice from and what are their agendas?