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Hartford Mayoral Possibilities Start to Emerge

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Hartford City Hall.

Hartford's mayoral election is a year away, and while Mayor Pedro Segarra hasn't yet said whether he'll run, others are considering a run.

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Luke Bronin, with Gov. Dannel Malloy.

They include:

Luke Bronin, legal counsel to Governor Dannel Malloy.

"Many fellow Hartford residents have reached out and encouraged me to run for mayor and I am strongly considering it," Bronin told WNPR, after he announced on Tuesday that he would leave his job at the end of the governor's first term.

Bronin said he won't make any decisions until after he's left his current position.

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Robert Killian, Jr.

Probate Judge Robert Killian, Jr.

"People have talked to me, and I've talked to them and I'm mulling over the pros and cons," said Killian, who's been the a probate judge for more than three decades.

Killian said that running would require him to quit his job, but the age requirements of the state constitution say he'll have to quit in a couple years, anyhow.

So, he's weighing his options.

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John Gale, attorney.

John Gale, attorney.

Gale said he "will be setting up an exploratory committee shortly."

"I love this city and we can do better," said Gale, a Hartford native. "To move this city forward is going to require strong leadership."

Things could get crazier after the New Year, as Segarra will have to announce his intentions and fundraising will pick up.  

Then, the race to the Democratic town committee convention will start and, as one person said to me, "the battle for middle earth shall begin."

Jeff Cohen started in newspapers in 2001 and joined Connecticut Public in 2010, where he worked as a reporter and fill-in host. In 2017, he was named news director. Then, in 2022, he became a senior enterprise reporter.

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