Looney Rips “Polarizing Rhetoric”
by | Jul 25, 2019 7:54 am | Comments (23)
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Facing Off: Rose, Looney.
The Harp Administration has publicly criticized New Haven State Sen. Martin Looney again — and Looney has swung back again.
Campaign 2019
Hamden GOP Endorses Kaye & 14-Member Slate
by | Jul 24, 2019 7:56 am | Comments (1)
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Kaye fills out paperwork after receiving the endorsement.
Hamden Republicans rallied support for 15 candidates running for municipal office on Tuesday night — over twice the number of candidates the party put up for election in 2017.
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2,173 Signatures Turned In
by | Jul 23, 2019 2:12 pm | Comments (15)
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Elicker, Frank review paperwork at Registrar of Voters Office.
• Elicker submits first batch of petitions to make primary ballot.
• Plans to petition for unaffiliated slot on Nov. 5 ballot.
• “Affordable housing comes up all the time now” on the trail.
2nd-Gen Labor Organizer Eyes Alder Seat
by | Jul 22, 2019 7:49 am | Comments (19)
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Ellen Cupo at Sunday’s campaign kick off.
Labor organizer Ellen Cupo kicked off her campaign to be the next Wooster Square alder with a commitment to fighting for affordable housing and community-developer communication in one of the hottest real estate markets in the city.
Candidates Praise Opponents’ Passion
by | Jul 22, 2019 7:48 am | Comments (21)
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Rev. Steven Cousin (center): Emphasize the positive.
Amid a campaign season of complaints and conspiracy theories, mayoral candidates took a brief pause from the animosity on Sunday afternoon to say something nice about each other.
Elicker Petition Squad Hits Pavement In 100-Degree Heat
by | Jul 21, 2019 10:00 am | Comments (6)
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Alfie Barlow: “Yeah, I’ll help you out.”
After the Democratic Town Committee voted to endorse Toni Harp for mayor, Justin Elicker and his team of volunteers set to work in the hundred-degree heat to get his name on the ballot for the Democratic primary election, one signature at a time.
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Is This What Democracy Looks Like?
by | Jul 19, 2019 12:13 pm | Comments (37)
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Delegates ready to vote at Thursday night’s convention.
When Democratic committees bar the public from public meetings and disregard the votes of the majority of their members, they risk “hollow[ing] out the party from its roots.”
That criticism of New Haven’s ward-level politics came this week not just from dissenters in the trenches — but from the head of the Democratic Party itself.
Dems Endorse Harp; Chant: “1 More Term!”
by | Jul 18, 2019 7:26 pm | Comments (62)
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Harp accepting party endorsement; touts “renaissance.”
New Haven’s Democratic Town Committee endorsed Toni Harp for mayor for a fourth two-year term Thursday night, setting the stage for a contested primary.
GOP Endorses 3 Alder Candidates
by | Jul 18, 2019 12:03 pm | Comments (2)
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The Republican Town Committee at its convention Wednesday night.
The Republican Town Committee endorsed three candidates running to serve on the Board of Alders at a convention held Wednesday night: Chris Marcisz of Yale’s Ward 1, John Carlson of City Point’s Ward 6, and Josh Van Hoesen of Upper Westville’s Ward 26.
16 Alders Endorse Harp’s Reelection
by | Jul 17, 2019 8:02 pm | Comments (21)
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Ron Hurt leads fellow alders in prayer at endorsement.
If the election were up to New Haven’s Board of Alders, Toni Harp would be reelected mayor this year.
Poole Takes Campaign To Old Home Ground
by | Jul 17, 2019 12:47 pm | Comments (6)
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The candidate with Beaver Pond preservationist Nan Bartow.
Mayoral hopeful Seth Poole got his start in politics chairing the WEB (Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hill) community management team. He and his neighbors fought successfully to relocate the police firing range from Sherman Parkway — close to his beloved grandmother’s house — to its new location, well out of residential earshot.
Serfilippi Challenging Marchand In Westville
by | Jul 17, 2019 8:02 am | Comments (20)
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Dennis Serfilippi.
A citizen budget watchdog has decided to stop just complaining about the government and try to improve it himself, by running for office.
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Ward 21 Dems Favor Elicker
by | Jul 17, 2019 8:00 am | Comments (4)
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A total of 20 Ward 21 committee members voted.
The Ward 21 Democratic committee voted in favor of mayoral candidate Justin Elicker Tuesday night along with incumbent Alder Steven Winter, Board of Education incumbent Darnell Goldson, and City Clerk Michael Smart.
Leng Ekes Out Dem Endorsement
by | Jul 17, 2019 7:43 am | Comments (8)
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Curt Leng at Tuesday night’s convention.
Amid calls for unity, Hamden Democrats split on Tuesday about whom to endorse for mayor, with incumbent Curt Leng outpacing Councilwoman Lauren Garrett by only seven votes.
Kimber Rallies Clergy For Harp
by | Jul 16, 2019 2:08 pm | Comments (24)
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Rev. Kimber and Mayor Harp join hands in campaign prayer.
The Rev. Boise Kimber led two dozen black and Hispanic pastors Tuesday in endorsing Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection — and committed to knocking on doors, handing out flyers, raising money, and running social media promotions on her behalf.
Candidates Blast Magnet Lottery
by | Jul 16, 2019 8:04 am | Comments (9)
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Mayoral candidates Wendy Hamilton, Toni Harp, Urn Pendragon, and Justin Elicker at the Ward 8 Democratic committee meeting.
Seth Poole entered his 3‑year-old’s name into multiple school lotteries. His kid didn’t get into any of the schools.
He brought that up during a political gathering Monday night at which he and four other mayoral candidates agreed that the system needs to change for how kids get into desired New Haven schools.
Casanova Endorses Elicker
by | Jul 15, 2019 2:54 pm | Comments (10)
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Luiz Casanova.
First Luiz Casanova sued Mayor Toni Harp for not naming him police chief. Now he has endorsed a candidate looking to boot her from City Hall.
Round 2: Harp Raises $98K, Elicker $65K
by | Jul 10, 2019 8:57 pm | Comments (19)
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Mayor Toni Harp and challenger Justin Elicker.
Excerpt from Elicker campaign fundraising email.
Mayor Toni Harp helped challenger Justin Elicker take in money — by launching attacks ads that he turned into fundraising opportunities
Meanwhile, buttressed by city government contractors and builders, the mayor’s reelection campaign closed part of its fundraising gap with Elicker by nearly quadrupling its total donations between the first and second quarters of the year.
Those two campaign finance takeways emerge in the the second-quarter (Q2) mayoral campaign financial reports covering donations received by Elicker and Harp between April 1 and June 30.
Teacher Challenges School Board Prez
by | Jul 10, 2019 3:59 pm | Comments (25)
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Thirty years apart, Amber Moye and Darnell Goldson ran for student office at Hillhouse High School, and won. Now they’re running against each other for a Board of Education seat — and this time only one of them can win.
Teachers Endorse Leng
by | Jul 10, 2019 3:31 pm | Comments (2)
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Hamden Mayor Curt Leng.
Hamden’s teachers union Wednesday announced that it has endorsed Mayor Curt Leng’s reelection campaign.
Elicker Flips 3 More Committees
by , and | Jul 9, 2019 8:22 am | Comments (25)
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Ward 26 Co-Chair Sharon Jones collecting votes at Manjares: “This is what democracy is about.”
Three more Democratic committees that supported Toni Harp for mayor in 2013 voted Monday night to back her challenger instead this year — putting old friends like Sharon Jones and Audrey Tyson in a bind.
West Hills Dems Back Honda Smith’s Alder Challenge
by | Jul 9, 2019 7:40 am | Comments (7)
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The committee gets ready to count the votes.
The West Hills and West Rock neighborhood’s Democratic Party ward committee unanimously voted to endorse retired public space inspector Honda Smith for alder in a race against the committee’s own co-chair, and the ward’s incumbent alder, Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda.
Edmonds-Sepulveda never arrived at the meeting. She was boycotting it.
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New Videos Stress Harp Record, Elicker Diversity
by | Jul 8, 2019 2:11 pm | Comments (3)
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Environmental advocate Laura Cahn recording her testimonial for the “I HARP New Haven” video.
People of all walks of life support Justin Elicker.
New Haven’s great — and so is Mayor Toni Harp’s record.
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Elicker Taps The “Two New Havens”
by | Jul 8, 2019 8:13 am | Comments (11)
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Elicker at Ann Boyd’s Hill (left) and Jack Hitt’s East Rock homes.
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Elicker and the Sampedro family outside Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker speaks of New Haven as a “tale of two cities.” He saw that firsthand when he brought one message to supporters’ homes in the Hill and East Rock neighborhoods and to Fair Haven churches — and heard back different sets of concerns.
Politics Veteran, 19, Eyes Yale Alder Seat
by | Jul 5, 2019 8:55 am | Comments (17)
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Ward 1 Alder Candidate Eli Sabin.
At just 19 years old, Eli Sabin already has a political resume longer than that of many people twice his age.
The rising Yale sophomore is now looking to add “Ward 1 alder” to his work history — not, he said, to bolster his political bona fides, but rather to fight for affordable housing and quality jobs in the city where he grew up and plans to stay well after graduation.
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