Greenwich roots run deep for Hartford mayoral contender

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While the voters will ultimately decide if the “force” is strong in this Luke, it won’t be for lack of cash.

Democrat Luke Bronin, a Rhodes scholar who was raised in Greenwich and served as the general counsel of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, thrust himself into the Hartford mayoral race Wednesday as expected.

Those close to Bronin, who previously held senior positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and was an intelligence officer in Afghanistan, expect him to tap into his wealthy network of family and friends in Greenwich for his war chest.

Bronin looms as a major obstacle for incumbent Democratic Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford.

“What we need is a mayor who gets down into the messy details of governing day after day, who constantly demands the best from the team at City Hall, and who holds people accountable,” Bronin wrote Wednesday in an open letter to Hartford residents. “We need leadership, accountability, and action.”

Bronin is a 1994 graduate of Greenwich Country Day School, the alma mater of former President George H.W. Bush.

Neil Vigdor