West Hartford Democrats will have the opportunity to choose between four candidates in the 1st Congressional District – endorsed candidate and former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, incumbent U.S. Rep. John Larson, state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, and Ruth Fortune.

By Donald Eng, CTNewsJunkie.com

With the deadline for collecting petition signatures to force a party primary having past, the Secretary of the State’s Office has issued a notice of primaries for 18 races ranging from governor to probate judge.

The political parties selected their candidates through a statewide series of conventions in May. Candidates could qualify for a primary election either by garnering 15% of the votes at the convention for their particular race or by collecting petition signatures based on the number of eligible voters for that campaign.

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