by | Oct 29, 2014 4:43 pm | Comments (6)
When Michelle Obama headlines a rally at Wilbur Cross Thursday, a man named James Brown won’t be applauding the lower-calorie changes she has brought to the school cafeteria.
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by | Oct 29, 2014 1:00 pm | Comments (5)
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Govs. Padilla (middle) and Malloy (right) enter Arte Inc.
Exactly a week before Election Day, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy brought in Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla to Grand Avenue help him woo the city’s Latino voters.
The takeaway message: Our policies are mirror images.
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by | Oct 29, 2014 12:55 pm | Comments (7)
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With just a week to go until Election Day, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill told a room full of seniors that when it comes to voting, the crisis isn’t voter fraud. The real crisis is that not enough people are participating in the a fundamental part of democracy by voting.
by | Oct 29, 2014 12:04 pm | Comments (3)
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Ted Kennedy Jr.‘s opponent has called on him to return the public money his campaign received given the fact that he also accepted close to $100,000 in separate “pass-through” money from the state Democratic Party — after Kennedy had promised to combat the “polluting” influence of money in politics.
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by | Oct 28, 2014 4:12 pm | Comments (3)
Dannel Malloy has lied to us, over and over. Dannel Malloy always tells us the truth. Tom Foley has our backs. Tom Foley will ship our jobs to Mexico.
by | Oct 27, 2014 3:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Bob Megna shifted into drive for his reelection campaign — on decidedly mellower wheels.
by | Oct 27, 2014 8:17 am | Comments (11)
While Democrats in other states are avoiding even saying the word “Obama” this election season, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is hitching his reelection wagon to it — with two separate events planned this coming week for his reelection campaign.
by and | Oct 23, 2014 3:07 pm | Comments (22)
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Quickmire mades the case at Lyric Hall.
A statewide advocate for making voting easier came to town to pitch people on voting “yes” on a ballot question on Election Day, while some Republicans warned against efforts to eliminate Election Day as we know it.
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by | Oct 23, 2014 12:38 pm | Comments (2)
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Grimaldi with the candidate’s wife Michelle and refreshments.
Lou Grimaldi had two choices to make: Which pastry to eat. And, for a change, which candidate to vote for.
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by | Oct 22, 2014 8:16 am | Comments (1)
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When U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro arrived at Park Ridge Apartments at 40 Austin St.Tuesday afternoon, she met a packed room of nearly 200 with the gusto and ease of someone who wins elections, and knows that every interaction counts.
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by | Oct 21, 2014 8:28 am | Comments (0)
The three candidates for governor on Nov. 4’s ballot debated the issues facing Connecticut’s Latinos — at a distance from each other.
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by | Oct 20, 2014 3:01 pm | Comments (6)
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Only one steely-eyed door-opener interrupted Jim O’Connell mid-sentence Saturday, refused his flyer, and declared, “Sorry, I’m a stone Democrat.”
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by | Oct 19, 2014 3:44 pm | Comments (48)
To translate a prize endorsement into votes, Dannel P. Malloy came to New Haven Sunday seeking to convert skeptical independent-minded voters like Eric Hermes.
by | Oct 16, 2014 11:51 am | Comments (1)
The Republican is keeping up with the incumbent Democrat in one state legislative race in town, at least when it comes to raising campaign dough — and doing it while limiting the size of individual donations he’ll accept.
by | Oct 12, 2014 6:51 pm | Comments (20)
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Malloy (right) on Newhall St. with Clyburn (left) & Harp.
Returning to must-ignite turf for his reelection campaign, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Sunday pitched a new program to hire the hard-core unemployed and promised to consider granting cities new powers to seize trashed buildings from slumlords.
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by | Sep 24, 2014 3:51 pm | Comments (18)
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Commuters heading to the train station will soon have one less worry: long waiting times.
by | Sep 15, 2014 3:30 pm | Comments (4)
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This time, no one could accuse Malloy of breaking his pizza vow.
Governor Dannel P. Malloy came to vote-rich Bella Vista bearing not only 30 boxes of pizza but two proposals to help keep seniors in their homes, plus one swipe at his opponent’s public-transit credibility.
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by | Sep 15, 2014 8:19 am | Comments (17)
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Colorful canopies dotted a cordoned section of Judwin Avenue in upper Westville Sunday afternoon, as neighbors came out to enjoy a block party organized by former Alder Sergio Rodriguez and wife Randi Rubin-Rodriguez. The big draw was not a parked fire truck that drew out curious children, but a relaxed Governor Dannel P. Malloy sporting jeans and a blue dress shirt, making yet another reelection campaign stop in the city he needs to win big again on Nov. 4. (We’ve lost track of the number of visits; he has another planned for Monday afternoon across town at Bella Vista.)
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by | Sep 8, 2014 11:05 am | Comments (12)
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Malloy (left), Cicarella and Weingarten (right).
Fair Haven teachers told Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Friday that new opportunities to work together — rather than against each other — have made them better at their jobs.
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by | Sep 8, 2014 8:04 am | Comments (13)
The man who hopes to drive Dan Malloy from the governor’s office has no problem fixing New Haven’s bus system — but he doesn’t want to push people out of their cars to do it.
by | Sep 4, 2014 7:48 am | Comments (7)
Dan Malloy has said “yes” to New Haven a lot for the past four years. Now he’s asking for a big “yes” in return — and promising to turn his attention to improving the city’s beleaguered bus service.
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by | Sep 2, 2014 1:28 pm | Comments (29)
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Clinton presses the flesh after the “rally.”
Former President Bill Clinton told Democratic loyalists in a barely half-full Omni Ballroom Tuesday that they “have a job to do” — reelecting Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a tough rematch against Republican Tom Foley.
by , and | Aug 12, 2014 10:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Waiting for New Haven Republicans to emerge from the shadows and vote Tuesday, Nancy Ahern had lots of time to catch up on her reading.
by | Aug 11, 2014 3:01 pm | Comments (5)
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Sharon Ferrucci and Delores Knight scrambled to field four-to-six-person teams to spend 16 hours at 40 different New Haven polling locations Tuesday — so the teams can wait around all day to help as few as two voters.
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by | Aug 6, 2014 3:38 pm | Comments (6)
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Connecticut should see how its own experiment with marijuana laws turns out instead of rushing to follow Colorado and Washington to legalize it outright, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Wednesday.
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