Connecticut state Sen. Marilyn Moore received the endorsement of the Working Families Party of Connecticut for mayor of Bridgeport in the city”™s Sept. 10 Democratic primary. Moore also qualified to appear on the party”™s ballot line in the Nov. 5 general election.
Lindsay Farrell, executive director for the Working Families Party of Connecticut, used the endorsement to criticize incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim, who is seeking a second term since his political resurrection in 2015 and faces Moore in next month”™s primary.
“The Bridgeport-Stamford corridor is ground zero for income inequality in America,” Farrell said. “Approximately, 72% of Bridgeport households are living a paycheck away from poverty, the highest in the state. For the last six years, Senator Moore has fought hard to pass a $15 minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, higher education funding, and better access to food and nutrition services for Bridgeporters. Where has Joe Ganim been? He”™s been absent on these issues. Moore hasn”™t.”
Moore has served in the state Senate since 2015 and was the co-chair of Gov. Ned Lamont”™s Women”™s Policy Transition Committee following his election win in November. Before coming to politics, Moore was the founder, president and CEO of the Witness Project, a nonprofit focused on reducing breast cancer mortality. Earlier in her career, she worked for AT&T for 18 years, beginning as a temp worker and rising to an executive position before her retirement in 1995.
