"Bronin brought in $1,184,699 between July 30 - when he launched his campaign - and the Sept. 30 quarterly fundraising deadline, information that was first obtained by Axios. The 46-year-old former Hartford mayor's fundraising since the deadline has brought his total for 2025 to over $1.2 million, his campaign said."
""I think that there are a lot of people who want to see change in the Democratic Party," Bronin told Axios in a brief phone interview on Sunday. Bronin stressed that he has a "tremendous amount of respect for John Larson and the service he's given over the last 27 years." "But ... I feel strongly that it's time for a change - for our party, for our district, for Washington. And I think there are a lot of people that share that view.""
""$1.1 million? I thought he was from Greenwich," Larson said in a statement to Axios, referring to a wealthy Connecticut suburb outside his district. "My focus is the people of the First District, and at a time when President Trump and his allies are attacking our democracy, targeting immigrant families, and labeling me an agitator for standing up to them, this campaign is powered by people who know what's at stake.""
John Larson, 77, faces four Democratic primary challengers after a freeze-up during a House speech in February that his office described as a complex partial seizure. The Connecticut Democrat is among more than a dozen Democratic incumbents in their 70s and 80s drawing primary opposition demanding generational change. Joe Bronin, 46 and a former Hartford mayor, raised $1,184,699 between July 30 and Sept. 30 and more than $1.2 million for 2025 overall, with 73% of individual contributions from Connecticut and a pledge to refuse corporate PAC money. Bronin emphasizes respect for Larson while advocating change; Larson frames his campaign as defending the First District and democracy.
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