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Lesley Heffel McGuirk, unaffiliated candidate for state rep.
Lesley Heffel McGuirk’s ideal election ballot would be accessible to residents without any need for registration. It would let voters rank their favorite candidates in order and launch automatic runoff races. And it could be submitted early, so that voters could more easily plan around hectic work schedules and childcare needs.
Heffel McGuirk is spreading this vision for voting reform as she awaits, for the first time, a ballot featuring her own name.
The Institute Library plans to embark on a comprehensive set of building repairs and improvements at its historic Chapel Street home, thanks to a recently approved $1.725 million grant from the state.
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Aug 9, 2022 8:50 pm
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Erick Russell gives victory speech at Trinity Bar.
Stephanie Thomas (right) with state Democratic Party Executive Director Sarah Locke.
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Maritza Bond concedes to Secretary of State candidate Stephanie Thomas at Il Gabbiano on Long Wharf.
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Karen DuBois Walton concedes to treasurer candidate Erick Russell at Jazzy's Cabaret.
New Haven will have a candidate on the statewide ballot this November for the first time since 2006, now that Erick Russell has won Tuesday’s party primary for state treasurer
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Aug 9, 2022 5:40 pm
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Getting out the vote on Norton Pkwy.
A New Haven labor vote-puller had two hills to climb in Beaver Hills Tuesday as he sought to lure voters to the polls for an expected low-turnout Democratic Party primary: muggy weather that felt like nearly 100 degrees, and lack of public interest in two intraparty contests for lesser known statewide offices.
His strategy to confront both challenges: Focus local, local, local.
And offer an air-conditioned car ride to the polls if need be.
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Aug 8, 2022 8:47 pm
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Bond at Monday's rally.
“When they say we can’t make it out the hood … I’m a product of that!”
With those words, Maritza Bond tapped into her Fair Haven roots — as well as her wealth of organized labor support — to make a closing pitch to supporters to get out the vote for her bid for secretary of the state during Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary.
Team New Haven: Sec'y of state candidate Maritza Bond; treasurer hopefuls Karen DuBois-Walton, Erick Russell.
Fairfield County crew: Treasurer candidate Dita Bhargava, sec'y of state hopeful Stephanie Thomas.
(News analysis) New Haven versus Fairfield County.
The party establishment versus issue-activist networks.
Who has the best chance to win in a general election.
Who has better qualifications — or makes voters smile more.
Those are the stakes in Tuesday’s Democratic primary elections for state treasurer and secretary of the state, battles of personalities and power bases. Voters will have to wait to weigh in on the bigger questions — like how to run elections and best preserve democracy; how best to invest billions of state dollars — until the Nov. 8 general election, which will be a battle of ideas.
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Aug 5, 2022 3:37 pm
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Secretary of the state candidate Maritza Bond talking jazz with Ross Collins while campaigning on Colony Road in advance of Tuesday's primary.
Ross Collins took a break from serenading Colony Road with his alto saxophone to talk jazz and politics with — and ultimately pledge his support for — the secretary of the state candidate who came knocking at his door.
The state plans to spend $35 million of federal pandemic-relief aid over the next three years on tuition assistance, faculty recruitment, and college-employer partnerships to build up the number of nurses and social workers working in Connecticut.
Can a Republican with crossover appeal still win a statewide primary — without burning bipartisan and moderate bonafides needed to appeal to voters in a general election?
That question hovered unspoken beneath the back-and-forth among candidates in a debate held in New Haven Tuesday night.
With a deadline looming days away, the mayor and lieutenant governor popped in to the Q House Tuesday to issue a plea to working families: “Don’t leave money on the table.” Apply for the state childcare tax rebate.
State Sen. Gary Winfield at Newhallville stop-violence fair.
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John Carlson, fellow GOP candidate Eric Mastroianni at WNHH FM.
To Gary Winfield, the job of state legislator is akin to a long-distance runner. He sees the finish line in the distance: Better public education. Humane prisons. Fairer policing. The legislator gets closer every year, step by step, methodically making gains along the way, keeping the ultimate goal in mind.
That record of veteran service is a reason the Newhallville Democrat gave for why he’s running this year for a sixth term as a state senator representing New Haven and West Haven.
That’s a reason John Carlson, a Hill Republican, gave for why he’s challenging Winfield this year for the 10th State Senate District seat: New Haven Democrats have been in power too long, without producing the right results, he argued.
Friday afternoon's Zoom-held special SEEC meeting.
With hours to spare, Maritza Bond won approval Friday afternoon to receive $484,125 in public money to compete in the Aug. 9 Democratic primary for secretary of the state.
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Jul 22, 2022 2:50 pm
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Ned Lamont announces bill in front of all-electric buses.
Gov. Ned Lamont inhaled the sweltering heat-wave air of the city with the country’s seventh-highest asthma prevalence — and touted a new state law aiming to make that air easier to breathe.
Not many people at the state Capitol talked about traffic-light timing at this year’s session. But quietly, legislators took a big step toward calming drivers’ nerves — and clearing the air.
At Wednesday's endorsement: Town Clerk Karimah Mickens, State Rep. Josh Elliott, State Sen. Cabrera, The Village leader Melissa Atterberry-Jones, candidate Stephanie Thomas, Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett, and Hamden Legislative Council President Dominique Baez.
The Hamden political establishment has thrown its weight behind one of the two Democratic candidates for secretary of the state: Stephanie Thomas.
Mayor Lauren Garrett, State Sen. Jorge Cabrera, and State Rep. Joshua Elliott were among the town elected officials who endorsed Thomas Wednesday and accompanied her on a tour of small businesses and summer camps.
Maritza Bond is preparing to ramp up her campaign staff and go full blast on media platforms now with an expected $400,000 cash infusion for her quest to become secretary of the state.
