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Looney, at senator, with fellow victorious New Haven legislators at a pre-election rally.
New Haven’s voting officials may have ended up as national embarrassments Tuesday after a day of election disasters, but New Haven’s Democratic elected officials emerged as big winners.
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The candidate with 97-year-old Rifkin.
After college, two of her three kids received their most attractive job offers not in Connecticut but in New York City, and so have moved there.
That’s why, Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Susan Bysiewicz said, she wakes up every morning of her campaign thinking about what she can do to keep young people in Connecticut.
That rang a bell with 97-year-old Sylvia Rifkin, who also has children — make that grandchildren — who likewise have moved to New York to begin their careers.
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“Welcome to Harp Alley,” Mayor Toni Harp said with a laugh.
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The super swears in Columbus Treasurer Aylaya Mack.
Nayeli Tenezaca wants to save animals from extinction, so she ran for president of her middle school — and won.
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This time, it took less than a day for Republican Tom Foley to conclude that he had lost a governor’s race to Democrat Dannel P. Malloy.
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The crew at the registrar of voters office caught a few winks after 2 a.m. Wednesday and were back at 200 Orange St. later in the morning slogging through mounds of uncounted ballots to arrive at the city’s official election results.
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Maria Hunenko doesn’t “vote by party.” She voted in the Tuesday gubernatorial election based on what she learned in a TV commercial about one of the candidates’ personal wealth.
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Wilbur Cross High School junior Shauntasia Hicks helped produce an approximately 19,000-vote victory margin for Malloy in New Haven Tuesday.
It turns out the Dannel P. Malloy knew what he was doing when he practically camped out in New Haven this past year.
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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro said she’s going back to a “toxic environment” when she returns to Congress, but she’s not going to stand by and wait for people to do nothing.
“I’m going to make things happen,” she vowed.
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The two New Haven state representatives facing visible challenges — Democrats Bob Megna and Pat Dillon — ended up cruising to reelection Tuesday.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy stopped in to New Haven’s busy Dixwell Avenue Democratic campaign headquarters at mid-day Tuesday for a quick pep talk.
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Hundreds waited in line much of the day.
A separate room was set up at the Hall of Records to count EDR ballots late Tuesday night.
(Updated) Officials had to turn away 100 people who wanted to register and vote Tuesday, after a new law provided a lift for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and created a mob scene at City Hall.
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The partisan warfare of Washington D.C. seemed a world away from New Haven’s Bishop Woods neighborhood, where a Republican candidate helped a leading Democrat make the connection she needed to hit polls around town.
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A U.S. congresswoman danced the tarantella up and down the aisle kissing old friends as she goes. The majority leader of the State Senate handed out lovely green potholders from a canvas bag. And a state rep whose name is Bob happily distributed square sponges.
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97th District candidates Cirello & Megna.
New Haven decided who became Connecticut’s governor four years ago. Tuesday, it might do so again. Read on for the details of how to play your part.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley made a rare public appearance in New Haven Sunday, vowing to fight for votes Tuesday on the urban battlefield where Democrat Dannel P. Malloy has staked his reelection hopes.
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Local black firefighters announced that they’ve endorsed Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for reelection.
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Malloy & Foley square off on boating & fine art Sunday.
What’s in a yacht’s name? Fodder for the final debate between Connecticut’s two main candidates for governor.
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Tammara McDonald, Julianne Frenchett, Tayra Perez, Stephanie Persiani and Rahmel Green with Principal Edith Johnson (third from right) before leading the national anthem and the pledge of allegiance at Thursday’s rally.
Most were too young to vote, but hundreds of high-school students at least got a civics lesson — and a taste of the excitement of campaign politics — when Michelle Obama came to Wilbur Cross Thursday.
Continue reading ‘At Cross Campaign Rally, Old School Meets New School’
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It’s not every day that the governor interrupts your lunch, but that just what happened to medical professionals and students midday Thursday on the stretch of Cedar Street that bisects the Yale-New Haven Hospital campus.
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The City Clerk’s Office at 200 Orange St. is staying open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for last-minute election help.
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Michelle Obama delivers keynote at Thursday’s rally.
Michelle Obama dispatched diehard Democrats like Tina Downing to New Haven’s streets Thursday afternoon with a jolt of extra inspiration for a final four-day burst of energy in order to reelect Connecticut’s governor.
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An immigrant-rights activist crashed Michelle Obama’s party for Dan Malloy in New Haven Thursday — and ended up impressed with how the First Lady responded.
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Starwood Hotels’ Ohlsson and Salvatore mingle on the future hotel site Thursday.
As a parade of powerbrokers onstage Thursday spoke about how new state dollars will help remake downtown New Haven, a pair of Stamford-based developers stood quietly to the side on the spot where they’re looking to bring a four-star hotel.
Continue reading ‘Hotel Commitment Clinched $21.5M Malloy Gift’
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State Rep. Dillon’s Republican opponent found it tough to get people to open their doors on the campaign trail. Dillon, by contrast, got not only a hello at the threshold of Mia Duff’s cozy house — but an invitation inside for a 20-minute chat on campaign issues.