by | Mar 14, 2014 6:06 pm | Comments (2)
Six candidates hoping to become the 94th General Assembly District’s next representative have until Monday at 4 p.m. to turn in petitions to get their names on the ballot for an upcoming special election.
by | Mar 9, 2014 2:22 pm | Comments (0)
Voters will go to the polls April 24 to select a successor to Gary Holder-Winfield as state representative in the 94th state General Assembly District.
by | Mar 4, 2014 9:10 pm | Comments (5)
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Marx and Jones celebrate their victory.
A challenge to the city Democratic Party’s new ruling coalition fell short in the Beaver Hills neighborhood Tuesday night, in one of two primaries for town committee seats.
Continue reading ‘1 Incumbent Unseated In Ward Co-Chair Races’
by | Mar 3, 2014 5:52 pm | Comments (4)
Voters return to the polls Tuesday for — what else? — another New Haven election, this one for seats on the Democratic Town Committee.
by | Feb 27, 2014 9:25 am | Comments (20)
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As he begins his campaign to become the next downtown alder, Paul Phillipino said he already has leg up in the race — because he’s a Republican.
In New Haven.
by | Feb 26, 2014 9:16 am | Comments (9)
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Despite — or perhaps with the help of — a last-minute blast of negative campaign mailings by his opponent, State Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield cruised to an election victory Tuesday, winning the open 10th District state Senate seat with 76 percent of the vote.
by | Feb 24, 2014 12:00 pm | Comments (32)
In the final paces before Tuesday’s special election for state senator, the Republican candidate tied his Democratic opponent to a supporter’s 2010 tax-reform bill and accused his opponent of seeking to “let sexual predators into the women’s room.”
Continue reading ‘Mullins Unleashes “Sexual Predator” Charge’
by | Feb 24, 2014 5:15 am | Comments (0)
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In high school, Gary Holder-Winfield’s track coach drilled the team on running through the “T” — pushing one’s hardest all the way through the finish line.
by | Feb 17, 2014 9:42 am | Comments (10)
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S. Christian Mullins, 7, and Nora E. Mullins, 10, accompany the candidate.
Steven R. Mullins took his kids to church in New Haven Sunday. Four churches, in fact.
by | Feb 12, 2014 2:16 pm | Comments (5)
Waving an example of what he called the “skullduggery” of New Haven election officials, a Republican candidate for state senator Wednesday called on Connecticut’s secretary of the state to “seize control” of the city portion of an upcoming special election.
Continue reading ‘Mullins Asks State To “Seize” New Haven Election’
by | Feb 11, 2014 9:09 am | Comments (4)
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In his quest for the open seat in the 10th State Senate District, Gary Holder-Winfield lined up some powerful allies, who are looking to deliver him thousands of votes.
by | Feb 10, 2014 5:19 pm | Comments (3)
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Cordelia Thorpe won an election this week — without anyone casting votes.
by | Feb 5, 2014 9:02 am | Comments (22)
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After a three-hour stand-off and the intercession of the city’s top lawyer, the city clerk’s office allowed a Republican state Senate campaign to take out 1,000 absentee ballot applications.
by | Feb 3, 2014 6:03 pm | Comments (5)
With backing from different factions in New Haven’s Democratic Party, Gary Holder-Winfield reported collecting $17,532 — and filed for public financing — in his quest to win a special election for state senator.
by | Jan 23, 2014 5:19 pm | Comments (1)
“Why,” Tom Foley asked in a New Haven visit Thursday, “should I write my own check?”
Continue reading ‘The $11M Candidate Eyes Public Money This Time’
by | Jan 23, 2014 1:37 pm | Comments (7)
The day after a snow storm blanketed Westville in white stuff, two “yetis” were out with shovels — and looking to bring more community action to an often overlooked elected office.