Tuesday is Primary day in Connecticut. According to Newsday there are nineteen state legislative primaries scheduled for Tuesday. In addition, there is a Congressional primary on Tuesday in the Fourth district.

I’m not sure exactly which primaries Newsday is including in the count, because slowly, one primary after another is getting canceled. A few weeks ago, I wrote about Matthew Brennan withdrawing from the State Senate primary in the Eighth Senate district.

Today, Mike Brown wrote about the Stratford Primary being cancelled. Even with these primaries cancelled, the number of primaries this year is greater than normal, which is usually less than a dozen. Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz attributes this to Connecticut's new public campaign financing system. It is also worth noting that the number of uncontested races is down to sixty from seventy-one in the last cycle. That is still way to high, but is a step in the right direction.

I’ve been following some of the different upcoming primaries, and have these thoughts. Marilyn Moore who is running for State Senate to serve Bridgeport, Trumbull and Monroe is the primary candidate that I’m most excited about. She is running for the seat that had been Bill Finch’s and fell into Republican hands when Finch became Mayor of Bridgeport.

I spent some time today canvassing and phonebanking for Marilyn. I posted a few pictures from my cellphone from the day. The house next to campaign headquarters was sole in foreclosure last December.

Foreclosure Sale in Bridgeport CT, originally uploaded by Aldon.

Marilyn Moore for State Senate , originally uploaded by Aldon.

During my canvassing, I met many great people and had many great discussions. Here is my Utter as I ended my canvassing:

Heading back to campaign headquarters, I snapped a quick picture of a Lee Whitnum sign in the median of the street I was driving down. It is the only Lee Whitnum sign that I’ve seen.

Aldon.

It was a fun day out campaigning.

When I got home, I also found these posts about the upcoming primaries, Deb Heinrich and Marilyn Moore.

So, if you live in a district where there is a primary, please get out and vote. If you live in some other district, think about finding some time to stop by and help campaigns get the vote out. Finally, think about whether you should run next time around.