{{short description|American lawyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Mary-Jane Foster | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Denver, Colorado | known_for = Founder and owner, Bridgeport Bluefish | education = Bennett College (A.A.)<br>Charter Oak State College (B.S.)<br>Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D.) | alma_mater = Charter Oak State College <br> Quinnipiac University | employer = University of Bridgeport | title = Vice President of University Relations | political_party = Democratic | spouse = }}
'''Mary-Jane Foster''' is an American TV commercial actress, sports team owner and politician. She is the co-founder of the Bridgeport Bluefish, a minor league baseball franchise in the Atlantic League, and the former vice president of university relations at the University of Bridgeport.
In 2011, Foster ran for mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent mayor Bill Finch in the city's Democratic primary.<ref>[http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/In-the-end-Finch-held-all-the-cards-in-2193691.php In the end, Finch held all the cards in Bridgeport primary race]</ref> Foster ran for Mayor of Bridgeport as an independent candidate after losing in the September 2015 Democratic primary.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch Drops Out of Mayoral Race, Endorses Mary-Jane Foster|url = http://wnpr.org/post/bridgeport-mayor-bill-finch-drops-out-mayoral-race-endorses-mary-jane-foster#stream/0|accessdate = 2015-10-05|first = Ray Hardman, Ryan Caron|last = King}}</ref> However, she lost the election to Joe Ganim, and later took on the role of chief executive officer for the domestic violence agency Interval House.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mary-Jane Foster to run domestic violence agency|url = http://westfaironline.com/84306/mary-jane-foster-to-run-domestic-violence-agency/|accessdate = 2016-12-26}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110822205951/http://fosterforbridgeport.com/fosterformayor/meet-mary-jane/ Foster for Mayor campaign website]
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