by | Apr 28, 2016 1:15 pm | Comments (5)
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Wharton at WNHH.
The day after Donald Trump swept Connecticut’s Republican presidential primary, New Haven’s new GOP chief vowed not to vote for him in November if he emerges, as now seems increasingly likely, as the party’s candidate.
by | Apr 28, 2016 1:14 pm | Comments (8)
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Meyersons canvass for Sanders in the Annex on primary day.
Bill and Cathy Meyerson have worked for so many underdog political campaigns that they can’t begin to remember just how many. On Tuesday they were focused on on their latest quest: to help a democratic socialist from Vermont win Connecticut’s presidential primary.
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by | Apr 27, 2016 8:07 am | Comments (1)
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Yale Avenue, Tuesday.
Bernie Sanders electrified New Haven with an historic rally on the Green — then his campaign got clobbered on the streets in Tuesday’s presidential primary.
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by | Apr 26, 2016 2:19 pm | Comments (3)
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The Ward 7 line extended into the hallway at 200 Orange St. at 10:30, normally a slow voting hour.
Voters scrambled to find the right places to cast ballots in Tuesday’s presidential primary after receiving postcards that sent them outside their neighborhoods to incorrect voting places.
by | Apr 26, 2016 8:19 am | Comments (7)
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Bill Clinton at Wilbur Cross Monday night.
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Eryn Ifill and Clinton selfie.
Just 22 hours after hearing Bernie Sanders thunder away on the New Haven Green and deciding she was officially feeling the Bern, Eryn Ifill was in no mood to hear former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton speak at Wilbur Cross High School’s gym on the eve of Tuesday’s primary.
by | Apr 25, 2016 5:38 pm | Comments (1)
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Bill Curry.
For the first time in decades, Connecticut is in the national spotlight, not an afterthought, in a presidential primary election, as voters prepare to cast votes Tuesday.
by | Apr 25, 2016 12:17 pm | Comments (2)
Voters in Wards 10 and 18 received postcards from the city telling them to vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary — at the wrong polling places.
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by | Apr 24, 2016 11:22 pm | Comments (6)
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Clinton, at center, with Rep. DeLauro and Williams on her left, and Rodriguez and Sandra Wincze at left.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign spent the weekend in New Haven leading with strong suits — an appeal to feminism from America’s potential first female president, and trying to shore up support from black voters, particularly black women voters. It also sought to strenghten a weak spot — the candidate’s position on the minimum wage.
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by | Apr 24, 2016 10:15 pm | Comments (0)
New Haven activist Barbara Fair organized a Sanders rally in front of the courthouse on Saturday afternoon.
A day before Bernie Sanders drew over 10,000 supporters to a mass rally on the Green, some of his local backers held a small rally of their own to highlight theirs and the campaign’s call for criminal justice reform.
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by | Apr 22, 2016 4:24 pm | Comments (13)
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The Bernie Sanders campaign has confirmed that the Democratic presidential candidate will appear Sunday at a “A Future to Believe in New Haven Rally” featuring musician Michael Stipe, on the New Haven Green beginning at 7 p.m.
by | Apr 22, 2016 2:03 pm | Comments (12)
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Clinton with Morrison at the Varick gathering.
After a whirlwind day with a former president and an aspiring next president, the Rev. Eldren Morrison Friday said he’s backing Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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by | Apr 21, 2016 10:04 pm | Comments (12)
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Bill Clinton inside Pepe’s Thursday evening.
In Connecticut campaigning for the Democratic presidential campaign of his wife Hillary, former President Bill Clinton surprised the patrons of Wooster Square’s Original Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana at just after 6 p.m. Thursday.
by | Apr 19, 2016 5:37 pm | Comments (17)
(Update: Thursday) The Bernie Sanders for President campaign has obtained a permit to hold a rally Sunday night on the New Haven Green, two days before the Connecticut primary, city officials confirmed Thursday.
by | Apr 19, 2016 7:46 am | Comments (9)
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McBath (above), Nance-Holt (below) at Clinton event.
Thanks to a competitive race for president, Annette Nance-Holt was on Kimberly Avenue Monday telling the story of how a gang member’s stray bullet killed her 16-year-old son Blair on a Chicago city bus. Lucia McBath was there, too, recalling how a 47-year-old man shot dead her unarmed 17-year-old son Jordan after starting an argument about Jordan’s loud music.
by | Apr 16, 2016 9:38 pm | Comments (17)
The long political trek towards Connecticut’s April 26 presidential primary hit Westville Saturday as both Democratic camps landed on the same block.
by | Apr 15, 2016 8:00 am | Comments (9)
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The crowd at Clinton’s Christy’s debate-watching party.
When I walked into Christy’s Irish Pub Thursday night looking for a Democratic presidential debate party, I thought I’d gone to the wrong place.
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by | Apr 15, 2016 7:38 am | Comments (7)
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Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Hillary Clinton’s take on criminal justice has progressed in the last couple of decades, making her uniquely poised to be the next president.
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by | Apr 12, 2016 12:18 pm | Comments (1)
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Rice, Geffs Tuesday in the WNHH studio.
Holly Geffs grew up in Greenwich and concluded her political views were out of step with those of her Republican neighbors. Chris Rice grew up in a low-income neighborhood in Texas, where he caught the grassroots politics bug at 15.
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by | Apr 9, 2016 8:07 pm | Comments (3)
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Lisa Bassani and Esther Armmand post flyers at Pitkin Plaza.
Their ranks small but diverse, but “Connecticut Moms 4 Hillary” braved the cold Saturday morning to raise a mighty and united voice for the candidate they want to see make history as the first female president of the U.S.
by | Apr 8, 2016 12:15 pm | Comments (1)
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Rodriguez, Evans.
Among the primary elections that New Haven’s voting registrars will help oversee this September may be one for their own office.
by | Apr 8, 2016 7:42 am | Comments (6)
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Sanders surrogate Turner brings down the house.
While Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders wrestled in the mud in New York State, two of their highest-profile surrogates swooped into New Haven for a passionate forum of their own — that ended with a kumbaya moment.
by | Apr 7, 2016 7:57 am | Comments (11)
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Dean pep-talks Cinton’s Yalies.
The original internet-powered presidential candidate kicked off a local Hillary Clinton phone-banking operation by declaring that the web can’t match human contact for getting out the vote.
by | Apr 5, 2016 4:05 pm | Comments (8)
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Lanzot pounds the streets of Fair Haven Heights.
Making his way up a steep set of stone steps on Lexington Avenue, Eleazar Lanzot took stock of a big white house, then landed six raps on the front door.
“Hello!” Lanzot said, smiling. “I’m Eleazar, from the Bernie Sanders Campaign. Do you know that the Connecticut primary is April 26?”
by | Apr 4, 2016 2:50 pm | Comments (2)
State Senate President Martin Looney is not joining the Democratic Party establishment’s Hillary Clinton stampede. At least not yet.