by | Aug 4, 2010 3:46 pm | Comments (4)
Sergio Rodriguez knocked on Louis Sheehan’s door to talk about state government. Sheehan’s suggestion: Help get bulk trash cleared from Fountain Street.
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by | Aug 3, 2010 2:49 pm | Comments (4)
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(Updated) Rocky Hill — Supporters of the two Democratic candidates for governor showed up early outside the pair’s last scheduled debate Tuesday morning, as one of the candidates urged a “civil” tone.
by | Aug 3, 2010 8:04 am | Comments (2)
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The old Army recruiting station has a new temporary occupant looking to rally troops for what he calls an historic local campaign.
by | Aug 2, 2010 2:43 pm | Comments (12)
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Upstart candidate Boaz ItsHaky is back this year to run against U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro for the second time, now as an Independent. He’s offering a new solution to the nation’s economic woes: an “income tax holiday.”
by | Jul 30, 2010 2:16 pm | Comments (6)
Back on the campaign trail for real, U.S. Senate candidate Rob Simmons offered a prescription during a New Haven stop for turning around the war in Afghanistan: bringing 100,000 troops home, ramping up covert operations, buying opium from growers — and preparing for a partial return to power by the Taliban.
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by | Jul 30, 2010 7:30 am | Comments (10)
The Connecticut branch of the Working Families Party (WFP) has endorsed New Haven state representative candidates Roland Lemar, Pat Dillon, and Gary Holder-Winfield.
by | Jul 29, 2010 1:59 pm | Comments (2)
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Hauser (at right) with former Hamden Mayor John Carusone.
East Rock state representative candidate Debra Hauser’s campaign has spent enough money to trigger a second pile of campaign cash to her Democratic primary opponent, Roland Lemar.
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‘Hauser Spending Triggers
Another Grant To Lemar’
by | Jul 28, 2010 11:25 am | Comments (3)
The reviews are in: Ned Lamont is willing to go out on a limb. At least when he’s tickling the ivories.
by | Jul 26, 2010 7:38 am | Comments (30)
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Backed by a new batch of local politicos, gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy came to town to make a pitch for cities — and for the support of one newly competitive city in particular.
by | Jul 23, 2010 2:07 pm | Comments (5)
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Lamont campaign manager Joe Abbey.
The gubernatorial campaign has gone mobile, with Ned Lamont turning to Barack Obama’s 2008 text-messaging guru for some mobile communication help.
by | Jul 22, 2010 7:43 am | Comments (2)
As he waded into the town being investigated for possible racial profiling of Latinos, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dick Blumenthal had the same to say on the subject as his leading Republican opponent — not much.
by | Jul 21, 2010 5:12 pm | Comments (25)
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East Rock Alderman Roland Lemar made history on Wednesday. But he wasn’t celebrating.
by | Jul 21, 2010 8:33 am | Comments (4)
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Sergio Rodriguez.
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Pat Dillon.
Greg Dildine hedged his bets and donated money to both candidates running for the General Assembly. He ended up picking the early winner — the state’s young public-financing system.
by | Jul 20, 2010 12:15 pm | Comments (7)
Ned Lamont serenaded New Haven seniors with a a 1935 Gershwin chestnut, then fielded questions — about how to help kids in 2010.
by | Jul 16, 2010 9:40 am | Comments (31)
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In her quest to represent New Haven and Hamden in the state legislature, Debra Hauser is relying on money from Woodbridge and over $25,000 from her own pocketbook.
by | Jul 15, 2010 11:20 am | Comments (24)
As she opened a regional campaign headquarters in East Haven, U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon declined to take a stance on a major local issue — the federal probe of racial profiling claims against that town’s police department.
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by | Jul 15, 2010 8:47 am | Comments (9)
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In their quest to get the first Latino elected to statewide office, Connecticut’s Latino movers-and-shakers are throwing their support behind Ned Lamont.
by | Jul 14, 2010 11:03 am | Comments (24)
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Dan Malloy opened his regional campaign headquarters in a converted garage in New Haven’s black community — and made a direct pitch to opponents of the local mayor who’s behind his opponent for governor.
Call it a 2006 grudge match.
by | Jul 14, 2010 8:33 am | Comments (3)
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A nurse encountered on the campaign trail gave Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont an idea to add to his new health-care plan: reusing discarded medication.
by | Jul 13, 2010 4:42 pm | Comments (1)
(Updated) A federal court panel ruling Tuesday limited the ability of publicly financed candidates to keep up with the spending of millionaires who finance their own campaigns. But two candidates most immediately affected by that ruling — Dan Malloy and Michael Fedele — can keep an extra $2 million they got for the upcoming gubernatorial primaries.
by | Jul 13, 2010 4:25 pm | Comments (11)
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Dan Malloy expects his opponent, Ned Lamont, to spend twice as much money on their upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary. Malloy called that good news — evidence that he can win.
by | Jul 9, 2010 7:28 am | Comments (11)
As Dan Malloy settled into a New Haven coffee shop to discuss his gubernatorial campaign, the word went out to his opponent’s headquarters up the block: Grab the videocam!
by | Jul 7, 2010 4:00 pm | Comments (10)
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New Haven’s Gerry Garcia’s has little more than a week to go to raise enough money to get public financing for his underdog quest for secretary of the state. The city’s Democratic faithful turned out to hoist gazpacho and pledge to help him over the finish line.
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‘Garcia Looks Homeward
To Reach Public $$ Goal’
by | Jul 7, 2010 3:33 pm | Comments (2)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont released his education plan on Wednesday. At the top of his list: ask for the resignation of the members of the state boards of education and higher ed.
by | Jul 7, 2010 7:47 am | Comments (6)
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Ned Lamont’s campaign is breaking the law by plastering utility poles and street signs with partisan placards, charged West Rock Alderman Darnell Goldson. He aims to put a stop to it.