Mary Chapar Moran[1] (August 1, 1933 – July 10, 2024) was an American politician who served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1989 to 1991.
[2] She served for one term, before being defeated by Joe Ganim thus returning Bridgeport back to Democratic leadership.
She received support mainly from white voters,[7] and argued that under Bucci crime went up as and financial issues became worse.
[2] Moran was a Republican nominee in a heavily Democratic city, yet won the election by 11 percentage points.
[2] Her victory was considered an upset by observers and was understood to be a rejection of Bucci rather than an acceptance of her policies which called for "cutting city services, except for police and fire" and not increasing taxes except during a potential municipal bankruptcy.