Former West Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien forms committee to explore run for that seat in 2023

Former West Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien filed paperwork Friday to make it official that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for mayor of West ...

February 18, 2023
5:40 AM

Former West Haven Mayor Ed O'Brien filed paperwork Friday to make it official that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for mayor of West Haven in 2023. O'Brien, a Democrat, was mayor of the city for two terms from 2012 to 2016 before losing to Mayor Nancy Rossi. In the last two elections he has made moves to become mayor again, but lost in a primary during one of those races and missed the deadline for filing paperwork in another. 'As I look at the field of potential candidates for mayor, I do not see a candidate that has the necessary traits that are needed to lead our city out of the tremendous mess that it has become under the current city leadership,' O'Brien said in a statement.

Pam McLoughlin