Malloy will not endorse Bridgeport primary candidate

From my colleague Brian Lockhart:

There’s been speculation among fellow politics watchers about whether ex-Stamford Mayor-turned-Governor Dannel Malloy will endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary in Connecticut’s largest city, Bridgeport.

Today Malloy, after touring a Milford business, said he will not be involving himself in the increasingly-heated campaign between state Senator-turned-Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Mary-Jane Foster.

Asked if he will back a primary candidate, Malloy said, “No. I’ll wait until the primary is done in Bridgeport.”

But he assured me he’ll support whichever Democrat is left standing.

Malloy made his comments not long after news broke that another Democrat eyeing Finch’s job – John Gomes – planned to drop out of the race and endorse Foster.

Malloy has worked with Finch, even though the latter endorsed Democrat Ned Lamont in the party’s 2010 gubernatorial primary.

Foster supported Malloy over Lamont.

Keila Torres Ocasio