On Thursday September 15, Simsbury First Selectmen Mary Glassman gave her endorsement of Chris Donovan for Congress.

In a letter to his supporters, Marconi explains that he has decided to end his campaign for governor and will continue to serve as the First Selectman of Ridgefield.

He will be supporting Ned Lamont and Mary Glassman.

"We have some challenging days ahead of us, but I believe that with hard work and the right leadership, they can also be great days," Marconi said in explaining his decision to support Lamont and Glassman.

"Together they represent the best of what Connecticut has to offer. Ned has decades of experience building a business from the ground up and creating hundreds of jobs here in Connecticut, while Mary has a proven record of improving education and fixing transportation as the First Selectman of Simsbury," Marconi said.

Who, besides Susan Bysiewicz and Jodi Rell, isn't running for governor?

That might be the question to ask after the flurry of news over the past few days about more candidates jumping into the race.

On the Democratic side, potential candidates now include:

- Ned Lamont, the millionaire failed 2006 U.S. Senate candidate.

- Dan Malloy, former mayor of Stamford and failed 2006 Democratic primary candidate.

- Mary Glassman, first selectman of Simsbury and failed 2006 lieutenant governor candidate.

- Michael Jarjura, mayor of Waterbury.

- Jim Amann, former Connecticut speaker of the House.

- Gary LeBeau, state senator from East Hartford.

- Rudy Marconi, first selectman of Ridgefield.

- Juan Figuerora, health care activist.

And on the Republican side:

- Tom Foley, millionaire former ambassador to Ireland who was a candidate for U.S. Senate before switching to the governor's race after Rell dropped out.

- Michael Fedele, our sitting lieutenant governor.

- Lawrence DeNardis, former U.S. Congressman from Hamden.

- Nelson "Oz" Griebel, a Simsbury businessman.

- Mark Boughton, mayor of Danbury.

Also mentioned as potential candidates on the Republican side are state Senate Minority Leader John McKinney and former U.S. Congressman Chris Shays.

There is no question that the biggest winner in Susan Bysiewicz' decision to switch to the race for attorney general is Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman.

The move leaves Glassman, Democrats' lieutenant governor nominee four years ago, a rising star in the party and a new and somewhat surprising entrant in the race for governor, as the only prominent woman running.

She could end up as a fresh-face alternative to millionaire failed Senate candidate Ned Lamont and former Stamford Mayor and failed 2006 gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy.

CLICK HERE for the story about Glassman's decision to explore a run for governor.