Bridgeport Mayor Ends Re-Election Effort, Backs Foster

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch withdrew from the city’s mayoral race on Tuesday and threw his support to Democratic one-time opponent Mary-Jane Foster in an effort to ultimately defeat former Mayor Joe Ganim in November.
A two-term incumbent, Finch lost the recent, three-way Democratic primary to Ganim, who served seven years in prison for government corruption. Finch then faced challenges trying to secure a place on the November ballot, ending that effort on Tue