by | May 14, 2018 5:23 pm | Comments (23)
A deal to join forces at the top of the ranks of the Democratic Party gubernatorial campaign complicates the potential candidacy of New Haven State Sen. Gary Winfield for the position of lieutenant governor.
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by | May 7, 2018 8:05 am | Comments (8)
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Bysiewicz meets potential voters at Manjares Sunday.
Susan Bysiewicz lost New Haven Mayor Toni Harp’s endorsement for her quest to become Connecticut’s next governor, but she demonstrated support Sunday in the heart of high-voting Westvile from people who pull the vote for progressive candidates.
Local supporters included, from left, Westville Ward Co-Chair Janis Underwood, Gabe DaSilva, Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., Co-Chair Amy Marx, activist Hilary Grant.
by | May 4, 2018 12:09 pm | Comments (8)
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Mattei surrounded by city endorses Sal DeCola, Rosa Santana, Michael Smart, Tyisha Walker-Myers, Aaron Greenberg, Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda, Brian Wingate, Jody Ortiz, David Reyes, and Frank Douglass.
William Tong rolled out the mayor.
On Thursday, Chris Mattei rolled out the artillery.
by | May 3, 2018 5:00 pm | Comments (41)
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Lamont and Harp at Thursday’s endorsement.
Ned Lamont has snagged a prize in his quest to win the Democratic nomination for governor: the endorsement of New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.
Harp, in return, has snagged an ally in her quest to expand airport service in New Haven.
by | May 1, 2018 7:26 am | Comments (11)
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Audrey Tyson, Lamont’s woman in New Haven; Ganim Campaign Manager Jackie James; Rev. Boise Kimber, Guy Smith’s guy.
(Updated) Boise Kimber is getting Guy Smith into black churches. Audrey Tyson is opening Ned Lamont’s New Haven office. Clyde Ramos is sending Joe Ganim’s message out through Instagram — and picking up fundraiser stogies.
by | Apr 30, 2018 7:35 am | Comments (2)
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Shawn Wooden, at left in photo, woos party delegates at a forum this month in New Haven.
Shawn Wooden wants you to know he has worked in government — even though he’s running for government office.
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by | Apr 24, 2018 8:21 am | Comments (11)
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Rosa DeLauro at Monday night’s union endorsement rally.
“Over my dead body,” Rosa DeLauro declared to a rousing union endorsement rally, “will they rescind that funding.”
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by | Apr 24, 2018 8:02 am | Comments (4)
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Bysiewicz, Lamont at Sunday’s debate.
One influential gubernatorial campaign-watcher isn’t buying the idea of a public-financing litmus test.
by | Apr 23, 2018 8:42 am | Comments (6)
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“Who’s for tolls?” Candidates respond to moderator Vin Mauro’s question at Sunday’s debate.
Bysiewicz.
Susan Bysiewicz could have worded the pivotal question of a gubernatorial debate in New Haven Sunday this way: “What makes you think you should be the hero of progressive Democrats when you’re pouring your own millions into the race instead of running clean?”
Continue reading ‘Clean Elections, Gambling Split Candidates’
by | Apr 20, 2018 12:29 pm | Comments (1)
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William Tong unveils bump stock bill in February at New Haven Church on the Rock.
Like other Democrats running for Connecticut attorney general, William Tong promises to use the position to fight back against Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans. If elected, he may very well find himself serving alongside a pro-Trump Republican governor. What to do then?
Well, he said, there’s always Section 3 – 125 of the state’s general statutes.
Continue reading ‘Tong Seeks Anti-Trump Mantle With Bio, Record’
by | Apr 18, 2018 3:37 pm | Comments (2)
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Anderosn,a t left in photo, campaigning on Dixwell Avenue.
Rosa DeLauro can stop looking to her left.
by | Apr 18, 2018 8:48 am | Comments (3)
Chris Mattei (left) pitches New Haven delegate Iva Johnson at Tuesday night’s table-hopping Democratic Party session.
One spoke of how his grandfather worked as a machinist for three decades at Winchester Arms. Another recalled being voted “most respected on either side of the aisle” in the legislature. A third boasted that his financial resume makes him the best state treasurer candidate — in history.
by | Apr 12, 2018 7:47 am | Comments (5)
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Guy Smith (right) in Newhallville Wednesday with Pastor Aaron Moody.
The Connecticut upcoming Democratic Party convention is already rigged, Guy Smith declared. Against him.
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by | Apr 5, 2018 1:33 pm | Comments (8)
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Next governor? Jonathan Harris, Sean Connolly, Susan Bysiewicz and Guy Smith at the Greek Olive.
Shawn Wooden makes pitch.
The challenge: convince well-connected Hispanic politicos why you’re the best candidate to represent them in statewide office — and do it in under one minute.
by | Mar 29, 2018 7:54 am | Comments (2)
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Guv candidate Bysiewicz at WNHH FM.
“I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings.”—Ella Grasso, quoted in Ella: A Biography.Susan Bysiewicz wrote the book on Connecticut’s first female governor. Now she’s looking to create a sequel — with herself in the leading role.
by | Mar 23, 2018 12:50 pm | Comments (5)
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More than seven months before Connecticut chooses its next governor, Republican Tim Herbst and Democrats Jonathan Harris and Sean Connolly broke from the pack in early unofficial match-ups.
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by | Mar 22, 2018 3:03 pm | Comments (1)
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Chris Mattei at WNHH FM.
In the Trump era, Connecticut needs a state attorney general who has served as a federal prosecutor with experience bringing corrupt politicians, gun traffickers, and predatory financiers to justice.
So argued Chris Mattei.
Who just so happens to be a former assistant U.S. attorney who worked on those kinds of cases.
by | Mar 19, 2018 2:58 pm | Comments (0)
Erin Stewart Monday became the youngest candidate officially in this year’s governor’s race — and made a point about it.
Continue reading ‘Youngest Guv Candidate Makes Generational Pitch’
by | Mar 12, 2018 1:10 pm | Comments (15)
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Among the candidates (clockwise from top left): Oz Griebel, Erin Stewart, Prasad Srinivasan, Susan Bysiewicz, Tim Herbst, Jonathan Harris, Joe Ganim, Mark Boughton.
Months before the major parties decide who should become Connecticut’s next governor, you can cast an early vote — and in the process challenge our winner-takes-all electoral system.
by | Mar 7, 2018 2:06 pm | Comments (6)
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Ganim: Envious of Buddy Cianci’s mail.
Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim is running for governor not despite his past felony convictions — but, he said, in part because he wants to share with Connecticut residents the lessons he learned while behind bars.
by | Mar 7, 2018 8:54 am | Comments (14)
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New Ward 24 Democratic Party co-chairs Randall Furlow (left) and Art Perlo outside Ellsworth Avenue voting location Tuesday.
Arthur Perlo and Randall Furlow handily defeated incumbent Arthur Gary Stewart in Tuesday’s local Democratic Party Ward Co-Chair primary in the Edgewood neighborhood.
by | Mar 5, 2018 8:51 am | Comments (4)
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Candidates Gary Stewart, Randall Furlow, Art Perlo.
The one local Democratic Party ward chair primary taking place in the city on Tuesday will pit a four-term “independent” incumbent up against a challenger associated with Yale’s UNITE-HERE unions.
by | Mar 2, 2018 2:38 pm | Comments (1)
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Guy Smith.
Guy Smith preferred to talk about how he’ll beat “career politicians” to become Connecticut’s next governor. Not what he said decades ago about Bill Clinton’s extramarital conduct or about Philip Morris’s anti-anti-smoking efforts.
by | Feb 26, 2018 1:00 pm | Comments (3)
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Sean Connolly at WNHH FM.
Sean Connolly shed no tears when Amazon decided not to build its new mega-headquarters in Connecticut.
by | Feb 16, 2018 1:59 pm | Comments (0)
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Oz Griebel (at right) and Monte Frank at WNHH FM.
A Democrat can plausibly run for governor in 2018 seeking to ban bump stocks and “ghost guns,” continue pro-immigrant “sanctuary” policies, and institute highway tolls.
A Republican can plausibly run for governor in 2018 calling for reopening a union concessions deal and opposing a minimum wage hike, taxpayer-funded campaign financing, or higher taxes on the rich.
Richard Nelson “Oz” Griebel is running for governor in 2018 doing all the above — as neither a Democrat nor a Republican.