Mary Chapar Moran was the first female to occupy the mayor’s office and the last Republican as well, elected in 1989 defeating incumbent Democrat Tom
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At Public Hearing, Councilman Newton, Others, Boast Benefits Of Waterfront Development
City Councilman Ernie Newton recalls the Steelpointe Harbor redevelopment area that once flashed a neighborhood warzone cut off from the harbor, a hulking vacant power
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Lamont’s Succor For Bridgeport Sweetest Since Lowell Weicker
On Election Day 2018, candidate Ned Lamont returned to the building that housed the former Harding High School where he had served as a volunteer instructor
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As City Council Primaries Take Shape, Senators Bradley And Moore Position For 2023 Mayoral Runs
This is a City Council, school board election cycle, but it’s not too soon to parse its impact on the 2023 mayoral campaign that already
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CT GOP Bleeds 6,500 Voters Following Trump’s Rioters
It used to be Bridgeport Republicans were relevant. In the 20 years from 1971 to 1991, Republican mayors occupied the office half the time–Nicholas Panuzio,
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Barr The Door, Here Comes Tony For Mayor: ‘Latinos And Blacks Reduced To Beggars’
Permeating his eclectic persona, Democratic Town Committee member Tony Barr has a way of baring it all. Ask him a question and he’ll zone into
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Tony Diaz, Former Mayoral Candidate And Deputy DMV Commissioner
Tony Diaz, 1991 mayoral candidate, who served as deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, passed away July 3. His brother Hector Diaz
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Outside For Decades, Internal Struggle Of Local Republicans Takes Shape, Plus: Decision Time For Ganim’s Dem Challengers
What, a split in the Bridgeport Republican Party? The machinations of local Republicans this mayoral cycle are certainly personality based with one wing of the
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