Councilman Cruz Shifts Into Higher Gear, Ponders Mayoral Run

If nothing else, it will be entertaining if Jorge Cruz gets in.

The city councilman from the 131st District covering Downtown, South End and pieces of The Hollow and West End, is contemplating a run for mayor in 2027.

You bark at Jorge, he barks back. Sometimes you don’t even have to bark, such is Jorge. He tells you how he feels. To his credit, he records every City Council meeting on his Facebook page, sometimes interjecting humorous running monologue.

By way of background, he was born in Puerto Rico and moved with his family to Bridgeport when he was five years old. Fond of martial arts, handball and Yankee baseball, he works in the addiction services community.

When you examine city assets his district represents the city’s largest: Seaside Park, University of Bridgeport, Housatonic Community College, main branch library, arena, amphitheater, City Hall, police and fire departments, growing arts community, central business district, M&T Bank regional headquarters, including thousands of housing units public and private.

Once an ally of Mayor Joe Ganim, Cruz supported John Gomes for mayor in 2023 in that craziest of all municipal election cycles, that extended into 2024 following court intervention in the absentee ballot scandal that has produced state charges against operatives of both Ganim and Gomes.

If Cruz follows through with a primary run, he’d have to petition his way onto the ballot securing signatures from five percent of the Democratic electorate, or in lieu of that a minor party candidacy in the general election.

From Cruz Facebook page:

I don’t know what’s happening with me but for some reason my spirit is prompting me to make a RUN FOR MAYOR OF BRIDGEPORT CT. I’m sick and tired of the same old bullshit that has betrayed the citizens of Bridgeport CT. This I will say, any debates will be RAW AND NOT DIPLOMATIC. I will call the bullshit in their faces for what it is, whether it’s on radio or television. Enough of the deceitful and lies from the status quo’s. Blacks and Puerto Ricans need to stop being so ignorant and stupid and start thinking about the future of our people in Bridgeport CT. We are the majority and we should act like we are and stop the divisive bullshit with the hypocrisy , back door deals and the sickening constant backstabbing . Let’s do this, start by telling the current corrupt leader Mario “Mr Magoo” Testos to take a hike back to Shelton . YES WE CAN . WHAT DO YOU THINK ??

I mean serious business, enough of the bullshit with the fake ass politicians here in Bridgeport CT. For many years they have betrayed the people for their self- serving policies. Its time for policies that benefit the people and hold landlords accountable for their attempts to gentrify our communities. its time to send a strong message to the Ganim dynasty too, your time is up. The Ganim dynasty act like they own Bridgeport with their names all across the city like other dictators do in Russia, North Korea and other countries. Wake the hell up and stop being so complicit with voting these idiots into office.