Garcia Makes Primary, Drops out of Second Round Balloting to Throw Support to Harris

Volunteers with the Gerry Garcia campaign pass out  Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in the parking lot at the 2010 State Democratic Convention at the Connecticut Expo in Hartford.  Kathleen O’Rourke/Staff photo

After a first-round ballot that found all three candidates qualifying for the primary, Gerry Garcia of New Haven, a late-arriving hopeful for secretary of the state, dropped out of the running at the start of the second ballot, asking for his delegates to support state Sen. Jonathan Harris against House Majority Leader Denise Merriill. Garcia did, however, say he intends to campaign for the primary August 10.