Calling Democratic mayoral candidate Christopher Porcher, “the real deal,” Mr. Alton Brooks called on the New Britain community to rally to support his election.
The widely respected and honored Mr. Brooks was speaking at Porcher’s campaign kickoff event on May 4, 2019.
Mr. Brooks, Democratic Vice Chair Ronald Davis and Democratic Chair William Shortell spoke to hundreds of Porcher supporters gathered at the Pride of Connecticut Elks Lodge on Elm Street, introducing the candidate.
Porcher compared the challenges faced by his own family, and he, himself, with the challenges New Britain, as a city, faces, and a resilience in both, saying, “none of our problems are unsolvable.”
He spoke about the issues of education funding, property taxes infrastructure and the plight of the needy.
Porcher was chosen in April by the New Britain Democrats’ Nominating Committee to run for mayor in this year’s election. The Democratic Party’s full Town Committee is make to official endorsements for city offices in July.
If Porcher is the Democratic Party nominee, as is widely expected, he will challenge three-term incumbent Republican Mayor Erin Stewart. In April, Stewart announced her candidacy for re-election in the 2019 city elections.
The city elections, including the election for mayor, are to be on November 5, 2019.
