by | Jun 26, 2020 1:22 pm | Comments (13)
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Statue removal supporters and opponents square off Wednesday.
When America’s culture war and social-justice movement came to Wooster Square this week, it landed at the heart of a race for Congress.
Continue reading ‘Columbus Statue Removal Becomes Campaign Issue’
by | Jun 18, 2020 5:31 pm | Comments (40)
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Justin Paglino, Paul Garlinghouse announce candidacies Thursday.
New Haven’s Green Party is looking toward Washington, and at 200 Orange St. closer to home, to offer local voters choices in this year’s elections.
by | Jun 17, 2020 5:06 pm | Comments (1)
Jason Bartlett is asking a federal judge for one more shot to get his name on a State Senate primary ballot this year.
Continue reading ‘Bartlett To Judge: Order My Name On Ballot’
by | Jun 11, 2020 6:17 pm | Comments (16)
Bartlett: Thwarted by “crazy technicality.”
Jason Bartlett collected signatures to run in a Democratic primary for state senator — but those signatures ended up not counting.
by | Jun 8, 2020 12:46 pm | Comments (2)
Jason Bartlett needs to collect 64 signatures a day over 16 days to make the ballot for a Democratic State Senate primary. And he doesn’t need to collect the signatures in person.
That is constitutional, U.S. District Court Judge Janet Hall ruled Monday.
by | Jun 5, 2020 5:28 pm | Comments (7)
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Alex Taubes.
Petitioning candidates took their quest to federal court Friday to ease barriers to qualifying for the election ballot this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue reading ‘Petition Case Pits Voters’ vs. Parties’ Rights’
by | May 29, 2020 2:05 pm | Comments (1)
Oz Griebel on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
There’s the immediate-term Covid-19 health risk. And there’s the long-term democracy risk.
by | May 27, 2020 12:24 pm | Comments (3)
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Kathy Hoyt
At a virtual convention Tuesday evening, Hamden Republicans endorsed two political newcomers to run against two of the town’s three Democratic state representatives.
Continue reading ‘Republicans Endorse Hoyt, Figlar For Hamden State House Seats’
by | May 20, 2020 6:46 pm | Comments (5)
Citing concerns about the spread of Covid-19, Gov. Ned Lamont issued an executive order Wednesday decreeing that all registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in the Aug. 11 party primaries by mail-in absentee ballot.
by | May 20, 2020 9:57 am | Comments (17)
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Brenda Harris: Anyone on the line?
Brenda Harris was ready to second Alex Taubes’ bid to challenge State Sen. Marty Looney. Then she went digitally missing for 20 minutes — and returned with a surprise.
by | May 20, 2020 9:35 am | Comments (9)
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Tuesday night’s virtual convention.
While the outcome of Tuesday night’s Democratic 10th State Senate District nominatng convention rocked few political boats, the process of getting there felt like a digital tsunami.
Or a radio scanner from hell. Or an avant-garde experiment in overlapping dialogue.
by | May 20, 2020 9:18 am | Comments (2)
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Justin Farmer and Jorge Cabrera.
For the second time in a row, Jorge Cabrera has secured his party’s endorsement to run for Connecticut’s 17th Senate District seat against incumbent Republican George Logan — and for the second time, he’ll need to win a Democratic Party primary first in order to get there.
Continue reading ‘Dems Endorse Cabrera For Senate; Farmer Qualifies For Ballot’
by | May 18, 2020 9:53 pm | Comments (2)
Logan (left) helps distribute 300 masks at Hamden Rehab and Healthcare.
State Sen. George Logan accepted the Connecticut Republican Party’s endorsement Monday night to continue representing Connecticut’s 17th District with a promise to support businesses and oppose tax increases.
by | May 13, 2020 10:19 am | Comments (2)
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Margaret Streicker accepts the nomination.
Connecticut Republicans Tuesday night endorsed Margaret Streicker as a candidate for Connecticut’s U.S. Third Congressional District seat, heralding her experience as the founder of several real estate businesses.
Continue reading ‘Republicans Endorse Streicker To Challenge DeLauro’
by | May 12, 2020 5:25 pm | Comments (1)
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Attorney Taubes: Guv “trying to keep people” off ballot.
Signing a petition to put a challenger’s name on an election ballot this year just got a whole lot more complicated.
Continue reading ‘Print Out. Sign. Photograph. Mail or Email’
by | May 12, 2020 12:11 pm | Comments (3)
JR Romano Monday on “Dateline New Haven.”
Connecticut’s Republican Party chairman called on the governor to cancel the Aug. 11 presidential primaries and vowed to work hard to unseat incumbent Democrats despite the limitations on campaigning amid a pandemic.
by | May 11, 2020 8:36 pm | Comments (16)
Rosa DeLauro.
New Haven U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro Monday evening accepted her party’s unanimous endorsement for a 16th two-year term with a story about why her late mother once wore red for a year following a pandemic.
Continue reading ‘DeLauro Nominated,“Ready for a Fight” For 16th Term’
by | May 8, 2020 6:07 pm | Comments (4)
A New Haven state legislative candidate has joined a legal effort to allow candidates petitioning for election ballots this year to obtain signatures electronically — and get more time to collect fewer names.
Continue reading ‘Suit Seeks E-Signatures, Lower Threshold For Petitions’
by | May 5, 2020 9:40 am | Comments (10)
Note: Jason Bartlett (pictured) is challenging incumbent State Sen. Gary Winfield for the Democratic nomination this year.
As a former state legislator, it pains me to say this, but Connecticut’s General Assembly during the COVID-19 pandemic has abdicated its responsibilities, and should forego all salaries from the day they shut their doors to the opening of the next session. If you work hard you should get paid, but if you close your doors and decide you are not essential, why should you be paid? Maybe a better course would be to donate your salaries to the front-line workers.
Continue reading ‘Opinion: Legislators Should Get To Work Or Forfeit Pay’
by | May 3, 2020 4:12 pm | Comments (6)
Barred from knocking on doors, Bruce Oren attempts to win over a potential primary voter in his Beaver Hills yard.
Bruce Oren planned to try to petition his way onto a primary ballot this month — until, thanks to Covid-19, he had neither petitions nor any doors he could safely knock on.
Oren and two other New Haveners seeking to mount primary challenges to Democratic incumbents this year are pressing for clarity — and action — from state officials.
Continue reading ‘Pandemic Perplexes Prospective Petitioners’
by | May 1, 2020 2:48 pm | Comments (7)
April Capone on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”
April Capone has a story to tell voters. And she has a story to tell her potential future colleagues in the state legislature.
One story is about a hurricane. The other story is about a town that endured a national controversy over violent, racist policing — and emerged stronger.
Continue reading ‘Capone Taps Irene, Policing Experiences For Senate Run’
by | Apr 17, 2020 6:07 pm | Comments (1)
Now it’s Aug. 11.
by | Mar 23, 2020 4:30 pm | Comments (11)
Jason Bartlett is not hiding under a rock. Even during the coronavirus crisis.
Continue reading ‘Bartlett Forms Exploratory Committee To Take On Winfield’
by | Mar 17, 2020 5:27 pm | Comments (2)
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Justin Farmer: Officially running. Jorge Cabrera: Done fundraising.
Though both are holed up inside, refraining from the person-to-person interactions that define their political lives, 17th State Senate District candidates Jorge Cabrera and Justin Farmer both announced that they had passed major campaign hurdles.
Continue reading ‘Farmer Launches Candidate Committee; Cabrera Finishes Fundraising’
by | Mar 6, 2020 2:43 pm | Comments (4)
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New Haven donors’ picks, in order: Elizabeth Warren, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, and (in a distant fifth) Joe Biden.
Elizabeth Warren may no longer be running — but she still sits comfortably atop the list of presidential candidates to whom New Haveners have donated over the past year.
Hamden donors, meanwhile, have directed most of their contributions to Warren’s progressive erstwhile rival, Bernie Sanders.