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Darryl Brackeen and Pat Dillon.
New Haven’s longest-serving state representative is facing a likely challenge from a fellow Democrat who claims he can help bring home more bacon from Hartford.
by | Jan 5, 2018 11:44 am | Comments (12)
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Ganim at WNHH FM during the blizzard.
Hey, you want to keep calling Joe Ganim a crook? Think that’ll stop him from becoming Connecticut’s next governor?
Ganim has three words for you: “Bring it on.”
by | Jan 4, 2018 4:22 pm | Comments (3)
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GOP CHair Romano with State Rep. Lemar.
J. R. Romano ‘s party has an excitement gap. Roland Lemar’s party has a vision gap.
The two veteran campaigners don’t say that about each other’s party. They say that about their own party.
by | Jan 2, 2018 4:13 pm | Comments (10)
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If you want to pigeonhole Dita Bhargava with a label or a comparison, she’ll take “Gina Raimondo.”
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State Treasurer Denise Nappier.
Another top elected office is opening up in state government, as State Treasurer Denise Nappier has reportedly decided not to seek a sixth four-year term.
by | Jan 2, 2018 8:36 am | Comments (3)
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State Sen. Gary Winfield.
New Haven State Sen. Gary Winfield has his eye on higher office, but has decided not to pursue it in 2018.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Handler.
Mike Handler has a general election message honed. He’ll have to find a way to get Republican primary voters to let him deliver it.
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From left, Joe Ganim, Dan Drew, Dita Bhargava and Jonathan Harris.
Connecticut’s political left obtained commitments from four Democratic gubernatorial contenders on a range of progressive issues Saturday at a “People’s Symposium” that was as much a test of the audience’s appetite for hitting the streets to resist President Donald J. Trump as the politicians’ visions for succeeding Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Continue reading ‘Promises Made On Sanctuary Cities, Minimum Wage’
by | Nov 29, 2017 9:44 am | Comments (6)
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Dan Drew: Heckled despite backing legalization.
Legalization of recreational marijuana seems to have become a mainstream position for statewide Democratic office-seekers in Connecticut — but rethinking how we handle heroin and other street drugs still appears too radical in the Nutmeg State, even for progressives.
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The following charts represent the final results of New Haven’s 2017 municipal elections, courtesy of the registrar of voters office.
by | Nov 8, 2017 2:59 pm | Comments (6)
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Srinivasan, at center, with campaign manager (and wife) Kala and political director George Brehl.
Prasad Srinivasan has two words for people who wonder what kind of governor he’d be: Ronald Reagan.
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Harp delivers her victory speech at Vanity Tuesday night.
Official voting results.
New Haven voters Tuesday overwhelmingly gave Democrat Toni Harp a third two-year term as mayor and chose fellow Democrat Clifton Graves to become the first new probate judge in 32 years.
Continue reading ‘Mayor Harp Coasts To Third Term; Clifton Graves Elected Probate Judge’
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Abby Roth at a neighborhood management team meeting.
A newly elected alder who raised thousands of dollars to run against nobody is turning over much of the money to charity.
by | Nov 8, 2017 1:07 pm | Comments (7)
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Jonathan Wharton, GOP Chair, speaks to party faithful at City Point Kitchen.
New Haven’s Republicans wagered this election year on individual candidates, hoping street-level campaigns about quality-of-life issues could offset bright-blue New Haven’s disgust with the national brand of far-right politics embodied by President Trump.
by | Nov 6, 2017 3:33 pm | Comments (15)
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Above, from left: Alder candidates Catalbasoglu, Williams, Winter. Below; Alder candidates Colon, Carlson; mayoral candidate Ganong.
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New Haven voters Tuesday will elect the first new probate judge in 32 years, and Republicans are taking a stand in Morris Cove and City Point to try to bring party diversity to the Board of Alders.
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Candidate Graves gives his phone number to Monterey Place’s Jeanette Britt.
Jeanette Britt told the candidate knocking on her door that she had been tricked.
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The State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) has opened an investigation into a complaint filed by Democratic mayoral primary candidate Marcus Paca.
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GOP candidate Steve Obsitnik at WNHH FM; inset: Siri.
Steve Obsitnik met Siri — and understood her potential — before the rest of the world did.
He also tried to start one of his successful tech business in his home state of Connecticut, then found he had to go elsewhere to find an “ecosystem” to support it.
by | Oct 25, 2017 8:04 am | Comments (6)
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Paca, Ganong show up.
At a mayoral “debate” Tuesday night where no active mayoral candidates debated each other, two policy proposals did surface: creating a hybrid elected-appointed Board of Police Commissioners and expanding public financing for city elections.
by | Oct 20, 2017 2:09 pm | Comments (11)
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Carlson: on the hunt for busted sidewalks and streets.
Colon emceeing Hispanic Heritage event.
Walking the Hill with John Carlson, you can get the impression that his campaign for city alder is largely about fixing sidewalks and paving streets.
by | Oct 20, 2017 8:02 am | Comments (6)
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The five finalists.
Wooster Square will soon be home to two public ping pong tables after neighbors voted in a spirited election to spend part of their annual citizen-controlled allotment of the city budget on tabletop tennis.
by | Oct 16, 2017 1:04 pm | Comments (47)
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Williams and Winter: vying for Ward 21 seat.
When Rodney “Rock” Williams watches the demolition of the last vestiges of the former Winchester Arms plant in Newhallville, he sees more than childhood memories and the neighborhood’s past slipping away. He sees the alarming potential for the neighborhood’s political power to slip away too.
by | Oct 13, 2017 8:18 am | Comments (24)
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Van Hoesen reciting pledge at GOP nominating convention.
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DeCola chairs committee meeting.
Republican Donald Trump won far more votes in Morris Cove’s Ward 18 — 830 — than anywhere else in New Haven last year. Which might seem like a boost for one of the 27-year-old GOP candidate for alder there this fall.
Until you find out that he actually voted for Hillary Clinton in that election.
by | Sep 19, 2017 7:52 am | Comments (20)
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Paca at ah-Beetz after the primary polls closed.
Marcus Paca is running Green — and Sarah Ganong is running double-clean, to the extent that she’s “running.”
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Kim Edwards, Sarah Ofosu embrace after their primary.
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Harp surrounded by family at Vanity after-party.
Final returns, including absentee ballots.
• New Haven Democrats give an overwhelming vote of confidence to Mayor Toni Harp, as she clobbers challenger Marcus Paca in a party primary 5,788 votes to 1,977.
• 30-ward sweep.
• Paca said he plans to continue his run as an independent in November.
• Kim Edwards, Renee Haywood, Michelle Sepulveda win alder primaries.
• Only 20 percent of the city’s 38,341 registered Democrats vote.
• Harp calls her victory a vote for unity over division, a contrast to the current national political mood. “Division is exhausting and counterproductive,” she declares.
• Robert Lee gracious in defeat: “The people made a statement. You got to respect it.”