by | Oct 22, 2021 11:05 am | Comments (18)
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Hamden Democratic mayoral candidate Lauren Garrett at WNHH FM.
Lauren Garrett is not scared. She recognizes that some people are.
Continue reading ‘Garrett Counters “Scare Tactics” On Crime’
by | Oct 21, 2021 4:21 pm | Comments (7)
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Leng: The write stuff?
(Updated) Hamden Mayor Curt Leng, who was trounced in a September primary and hasn’t been campaigning for reelection since, has filed paperwork to be a candidate in the Nov. 2 election … as a write-in candidate.
But he insists he’s not running. He’s not reentering the race. He’s making sure he’s ready in case a “Pluto” option presents itself.
Continue reading ‘Leng Registers As Write-In Candidate — But Says He Isn’t Running’
by | Oct 21, 2021 3:10 pm | Comments (7)
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Mayoral candidates Justin Elicker and John Carlson, Democracy Fund Administrator Aly Heimer, at Tuesday night’s candidate debate.
The Democracy Fund, New Haven’s public-financing system for mayoral candidates, has approved distributing $31,449 to Democrat Justin Elicker and $29,148 to Republican John Carlson in the final weeks before their Nov. 2 election contest.
Continue reading ‘GOP Candidate Qualifies For Democracy Fund $ For First Time’
by | Oct 20, 2021 2:21 pm | Comments (9)
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Hamden GOP mayoral candidate Ron Gambardella at WNHH FM.
Ron Gambardella has done the math. He’s an accountant, after all.
by | Oct 19, 2021 9:13 pm | Comments (59)
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Mayor Elicker and John Carlson at Tuesday’s debate.
Mayoral candidates sparred over the environment and education, in a debate that took place two weeks before New Haven’s general municipal election.
Continue reading ‘Mayoral Hopefuls Clash On Climate, Schools’
by | Oct 18, 2021 2:11 pm | Comments (5)
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Mayor Curt Leng: Is there an election coming up?
More than one month after losing to Lauren Garrett in the Democratic primary, Hamden Mayor Curt Leng has remained silent on whom he will endorse to replace him in the town’s top office — and why.
by | Oct 18, 2021 1:17 pm | Comments (3)
New Haven mayoral candidates Justin Elicker and John Carlson are set to square off in a debate this coming Tuesday night.
Continue reading ‘Mayoral Debate Scheduled; Got A Question For The Candidates?’
by | Oct 15, 2021 10:08 am | Comments (53)
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Ward 13 alder candidates Rosa Santana (vaxed, pro-mandate), Patricia Kane (vaxed, anti-mandate), Deborah Reyes (unvaxxed, anti-mandate).
Fair Haven Heights voters have more choices than anyone else in town in this year’s general election: Three different candidates are seeking their support for alder in the Nov. 2 election, and they offer three mixes of positions on issues ranging from health care to policing.
Continue reading ‘In The Heights, 3 Candidates = 3 Opinions’
by | Oct 14, 2021 3:18 pm | Comments (1)
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Lauren Garrett and Ron Gambardella: Down to two for Hamden mayoral race.
Democratic mayoral candidate Lauren Garrett outraised Republican opponent Ron Gambardella by two to one over the past three months, based on individual monetary contributions, while Gambardella narrowed the gap with a party contribution.
Continue reading ‘Garrett Outraises Gambardella $15K-$13K In Q3’
by | Oct 14, 2021 8:13 am | Comments (14)
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Mayoral challenger John Carlson; incumbent Justin Elicker.
Democratic incumbent Mayor Justin Elicker outraised Republican challenger John Carlson by four-and-a-half to one last quarter — with the former attracting large pockets of support from East Rock and Westville, and the latter tapping into the East Shore and City Point.
Continue reading ‘Elicker Outraises Carlson $58K-$13K In Q3’
by | Oct 13, 2021 11:28 am | Comments (4)
Lauren Garrett and Ron Gambardella debate with Steven Ciardiello’s oversight from a room in the Whitney Center while an audience listens remotely.
Hamden an example of systemic racism? That “divisive language” from the left is creating rifts among the town’ residents.
That thinking denies historic reality as well as current segregation and violence against Black and Brown people.
Hamden’s two mayoral candidates offered those opposite positions in a one-hour online debate Wednesday that focused heavily on race, representation, and policing.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Mayoral Candidates Clash On Race, Representation’
by | Oct 12, 2021 9:21 am | Comments (12)
Chris Atchley and Ted Stevens take selfie for DTC Facebook group that candidates used to encourage each other to keep canvassing.
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Pat Destito travels door to door in his daughter’s neighborhood, looking to listen to residents’ concerns and make them feel heard.
Pat Destito knocked on just the door he was looking for: one opened by an unaffiliated voter who told him, “I don’t go shopping by myself anymore. When I go to ShopRite, I go with my husband.”
by | Oct 8, 2021 2:44 pm | Comments (27)
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Cove candidate and mixed-martial arts master Orosco with clerk candidate Acri at Thursday evening’s event.
Steve Orosco welcomed Anthony Acri at New Haven Republicans’ 2021 campaign headquarters by locking his fellow candidate in a rear naked choke hold.
by | Oct 6, 2021 8:31 am | Comments (2)
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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro with campaign manager Sarah Locke and DTC Campaign Manager Brian Murphy.
“This opportunity comes by once. If we don’t take advantage of it, it will pass,” U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro told a crowd of Hamden Democrats Tuesday evening.
DeLauro was rallying the faithful gathered on the back porch of Democratic mayoral candidate Lauren Garrett’s home Tuesday afternoon, officially endorsing Garrett and the Democratic Town Committee’s full slate of endorsed candidates for the Nov. 2 general election.
DeLauro’s endorsement effectively kicked off the DTC’s formal campaign to win elected offices spanning from mayor and town clerk to seats on the Legislative Council and Board of Education.
Continue reading ‘DeLauro Helps Kick Off Hamden Dems’ General Election Campaign’
by | Sep 27, 2021 1:49 pm | Comments (27)
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Adam Marchand seeks to rev up Democrats in Ward 25.
It’s time to hit the streets and knock on doors. Even though it’s an odd-numbered year.
Election volunteers in New Haven’s vote-richest ward received that marching order Sunday afternoon.
by | Sep 22, 2021 11:08 am | Comments (2)
Al Lotto: I am not and was never looking for a career in politics.
Independent Candidate Al Lotto formally withdrew from Hamden’s mayoral race on Wednesday morning, citing pressure from “important people in town” urging him to drop out.
Continue reading ‘Independent Candidate Drops Out Of Hamden Mayoral Race’
by | Sep 15, 2021 12:30 pm | Comments (8)
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Carlson: In.
Both candidates in New Haven’s mayoral election this year will run with the help of public financing, now that John Carlson has qualified for his first disbursement from the Democracy Fund.
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Lauren Garrett with sons Bobby and Connor and their Schitzu Maltese Penelope at home Tuesday night after winning mayoral primary.
“Row A all the way”: victorious Council candidate Laurie Sweet and Town Clerk candidate Karimah Mickens with DTC campaign manager Brian Murphy at the victory party.
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Leng with supporters after the results came in: Not sure if he’ll endorse Garrett in general election.
(Updated) Hamden Democrats voted for change Tuesday night, as Lauren Garrett defeated three-term incumbent Mayor Curt Leng in a Democratic primary by a 2 – 1 margin.
And Garrett had coattails: All nine other candidates running on her Town Committee-endorsed line, including town clerk candidate Karimah Mickens and a host of Legislative Council and Board of Education candidates, won their primaries as well.
Continue reading ‘Garrett Crushes Leng In Hamden Primary; Progressive Slate Goes 10 For 10’
by | Sep 14, 2021 8:49 pm | Comments (1)
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Victor Devin Avshalom-Smith with supporters at polls Tuesday night.
Devin Avshalom-Smith, a 32-year-old state legislative aide and Newhallville community organizer, defeated a party-endorsed candidate to win New Haven’s only Democratic primary Tuesday night.
by | Sep 13, 2021 4:10 pm | Comments (0)
Polls will open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout Hamden and in New Haven’s Newhallville neighborhood for Democratic primary elections.
by | Sep 13, 2021 10:06 am | Comments (9)
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Joshua Watkins and Rachel Scolnic Dobin: Row B’s a team.
Mariam Khan (center) with fellow Row A candidates Justin Farmer and Abdul Osmanu: “Vote the best, then the rest.”
When Hamden Democrats go to the polls Tuesday, they will decide among 21 different candidates seeking office — or simply between teams on two rows that will appear on the ballot. Row A and Row B.
Well, add an asterisk: Row A, Row B, and “Row C.”
by | Sep 12, 2021 5:49 pm | Comments (8)
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Lillian Clayman returns to Hamden from Long Island Sunday to cheer on Garrett.
Volunteers and Row A candidates crowd around Clayman and Garrett.
Lillian Clayman, Hamden’s first female mayor, “passed the torch” at spirited campaign rally Sunday to the woman she said should be the town’s next leader: Lauren Garrett.
Continue reading ‘Garrett, Leng Land Endorsements From Former Mayors’
by | Sep 10, 2021 3:51 pm | Comments (4)
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Leng: Cop union in his corner.
Hamden’s police union has made a first-ever mayoral endorsement, for the reelection of Incumbent Mayor Curt Leng.
by | Sep 10, 2021 10:39 am | Comments (4)
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Attendees and participants at Thursday night’s youth mayoral forum.
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Leng holds separate forum with U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro and Hamden Chief of Staff Adam Sendroff.
What are the root causes of food insecurity, and who is responsible for combating them?
Are Hamden schools equitable? Should we sell Wintergreen?
Why should we vote for you? What makes you stand out?
Hamden’s three Democratic mayoral candidates faced that final flurry of publicly posed questions at two different forums on Thursday night, five days in advance of the Sept. 14 primary.
Continue reading ‘Mayoral Candidates Tackle Hunger, Schools, Experience’
by | Sep 9, 2021 7:01 am | Comments (15)
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State Sen. Jorge Cabrera with Lauren Garrett: “She has the passion and character” to do the job.
State Sen. Jorge Cabrera announced his support for Hamden mayoral candidate Lauren Garrett on Wednesday night, six days before a three-way Democratic primary.
Continue reading ‘Cabrera Endorses Garrett For Hamden Mayor’