by | Jul 6, 2010 4:56 pm | Comments (5)
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Gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy said he supports clean energy. But he drew the line at windmills in Long Island Sound.
He drew that line while campaigning Tuesday in a town on the Sound.
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by | Jul 6, 2010 2:32 pm | Comments (5)
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Math and science-literate students. A closed achievement gap. Better data on student performance. Help for parents to get involved in their kids’ schools.
by | Jul 1, 2010 4:16 pm | Comments (47)
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While working to earn votes in her pursuit of a state representative seat, Debra Hauser has been involved in another campaign — to save her East Rock home.
by | Jul 1, 2010 7:53 am | Comments (12)
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Roland Lemar with former U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison Wednesday.
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Former Hamden Mayor John Carusone with Debra Hauser.
It felt like a local episode of That ‘80s Show as vintage popular politicians helped two East Rockers bring their state representative campaigns to suddenly wide-open suburban territory.
by | Jun 30, 2010 9:14 am | Comments (39)
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Ned Lamont pulled into New Haven’s train station to talk about the future of Connecticut transportation, and described a terminal transformed into a high-tech “Apple Store” within 10 years.
by | Jun 29, 2010 3:28 pm | Comments (4)
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The frontrunner in the race for secretary of the state said she’s raised enough money to qualify for matching public money. Her Democratic challenger from New Haven said he’s confident he’ll get there, too.
Continue reading ‘Merrill At Public $$ Threshold; Garcia “Halfway”’
by | Jun 29, 2010 12:24 pm | Comments (2)
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Citing a lack of “traction,” John Morrison has bowed out of the race for state representative for the 96th General Assembly District.
by | Jun 28, 2010 7:39 am | Comments (4)
With nursing homes disappearing and life expectancies rising, gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy said in a New Haven visit that he sees a “collision course” that could affect cities more than suburbs.
by | Jun 28, 2010 7:33 am | Comments (26)
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In 2006 they only ran together for the state’s highest offices. This weekend they went biking together, to make a point about government’s role in making cycle-friendly streets.
by | Jun 23, 2010 2:51 pm | Comments (4)
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After state representative candidate Debra Hauser released a campaign statement on state tax policy, her opponents responded by welcoming what they called her support of their ideas.
by | Jun 15, 2010 11:03 am | Comments (5)
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Matthew Joseff had little trouble collecting signatures to run for Congress — until he encountered a Yale professor of oratory outside Labyrinth Books.
by | Jun 11, 2010 11:58 am | Comments (29)
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Taking his campaign for New Haven’s only open state representative seat to Fair Haven, Roland Lemar promised to work on passage of a state earned income tax credit (EITC). It would put hundreds if not thousands of dollars in the hands of local people who would then spend it along Grand Avenue, he declared.
by | Jun 8, 2010 2:15 pm | Comments (10)
Urban leaders accompanied gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont to Science Park to praise his plans for cities — then said they’re not expecting an extra nickel to come their way.
by | Jun 7, 2010 3:28 pm | Comments (0)
Hundreds of voters in Connecticut’s Third U.S. Congressional District got a call and a question on Sunday afternoon: Will you be voting in November’s midterm elections?
by | Jun 7, 2010 10:35 am | Comments (31)
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Amid prehistoric dinosaur skeletons and a swarm of 2010 statewide office-seekers gathered in New Haven, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate DIck Blumenthal called for an immediate ban on offshore drilling in the wake of the disaster in the Gulf. Republican Congressional hopeful Jerry Labriola, meanwhile, called that a nice idea — but premature.
by | Jun 3, 2010 6:27 pm | Comments (26)
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Roland Lemar likes the pizza on Grand Avenue. Debra Hauser likes meeting the interesting people in the Front Street housing projects who worry about murders. John Morrison doesn’t spend enough time in Fair Haven to have a favorite place.
by | Jun 3, 2010 11:08 am | Comments (2)
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Wooster Square Alderman Michael Smart ended speculation Wednesday about his plans to toss his hat into the ring for a state legislative seat.
by | Jun 2, 2010 4:01 pm | Comments (5)
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The political currents of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill washed up on New Haven’s shores Monday, as candidates for U.S. Congress injected the issue into their campaigns.
by | Jun 2, 2010 7:39 am | Comments (43)
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As he formally announced his campaign for a seat in the state legislature, Sergio Rodriguez proposed a response to what he said is this year’s number one campaign issue in New Haven: unemployment.
by | May 26, 2010 7:41 am | Comments (16)
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An English Civil war scholar stormed the border from Hamden and transformed the most competitive contest for a New Haven state legislative seat into a three-way race.
by | May 25, 2010 2:29 pm | Comments (12)
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Now that New Haven’s Gerry Garcia has made the primary ballot in his quest to become Connecticut’s first-ever Latino candidate for statewide office, his campaign turns to the next big challenge: Raising money. A tie-dyed Grateful Dead alter ego may help.
by | May 25, 2010 11:12 am | Comments (3)
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They haven’t yet sat down to hash out jobs or budget deficits or foreclosures, but two opponents in a race for state legislature had their first, albeit, informal debate anyway — about when and how to debate.
by | May 24, 2010 12:52 pm | Comments (15)
In New Haven Monday to help open a shelter for homeless war veterans, embattled U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal finally uttered out loud two words he hopes can stanch the campaign bleeding: “I’m sorry.”
Continue reading ‘Blumenthal Apologizes—& Calls Vets “They”’
by | May 24, 2010 11:04 am | Comments (13)
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After battling for party insider votes, the state’s two Democratic governor’s candidates are now fighting to frame themselves as the “outsider” in the race.
by | May 22, 2010 9:10 pm | Comments (1)
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(Updated: 3:30 p.m.)Thanks in part to a deal with Waterbury, New Haven’s hometown secretary of the state candidate Gerry Garcia cleared a hurdle to land a spot on the Democratic primary ballot.