May 21, 2013
Jury Convicts Braddock On All Three Counts
by Hugh McQuaid | May 21, 2013 4:10pm
A jury deliberated for less than three hours on Tuesday before finding Robert Braddock Jr., the former finance director of Chris Donovan’s 2012 congressional campaign, guilty on all three counts of conspiring to hide the source of $27,500 in campaign donations.
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April 11, 2013
Former Donovan Campaign Manager To Enter Guilty Plea
by Christine Stuart | April 11, 2013 7:57pm
Josh Nassi, the manager of former House Speaker Chris Donovan’s congressional campaign, is expected to change his plea to guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court in New Haven.
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Tags: Josh Nassi, Robert Braddock Jr., Chris Donovan, speaker, Congressional Campaign, roll your own tobacco, pay to play, corruption, dh
March 25, 2013
Investigation of Illegal Gambling May Have Led to Corruption Probe
by Christine Stuart | March 25, 2013 5:24am
The federal investigation into an “unlawful” gambling operation by a Waterbury smoke shop owner may have played a role in uncovering the illegal contributions to former House Speaker Chris Donovan’s failed congressional campaign.
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Tags: Chris Donovan, FBI, campaign, David Moffa, Chris Mattei, roll-your-own tobacco, Paul Rogers, Richard Meehan, Ray Soucy, dh
February 19, 2013
His Vote Didn’t Count Last Year
by Christine Stuart | February 19, 2013 1:36pm
In 2012, Sgt. Kevin Townley’s vote didn’t count. He mailed it from the United Arab Emirates, but it never got to hometown of Trumbull to be counted.
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Tags: Gayle Slossberg, Russ Morin, military voting, Kevin Townley, Luther Weeks, voting rights, dh
January 23, 2013
Tobacco Shop Owner Pleads Guilty In Campaign Finance Scheme
by Christine Stuart | January 23, 2013 8:45pm
The co-owner of a Waterbury tobacco shop has pleaded guilty for his role in an alleged campaign finance scheme to influence former House Speaker Chris Donovan.
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Tags: Paul Rogers, tobacco, smoke shop, roll-your-own, Chris Donovan, dh
January 8, 2013
Latinos Make Historic Gains In General Assembly
by Christine Stuart | January 8, 2013 2:22pm
When the next session of the General Assembly opens tomorrow there will be more Hispanic state legislators than at any other moment in Connecticut’s history, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said Tuesday.
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Tags: connecticut, Latinos, election, Art Linares, Andres Ayala, Hilda Santiago, Angel Arce, Victor Cuevas, Merrill, Blumenthal, Democrats, Republicans
January 4, 2013
Former Senator Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | January 4, 2013 6:25pm
Ernie Newton, the former Bridgeport lawmaker who was convicted in 2006 on corruption charges and resigned from the state Senate before serving four years in a federal prison, was arrested Friday and charged with falsely obtaining thousands of dollars in public funds to finance his unsuccessful bid to win back his seat.
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December 31, 2012
Different Speaker, New Committee Assignments In House
by Christine Stuart | December 31, 2012 6:30am
They were a team for four years, but House Majority Leader Brendan Sharkey, who will take over as House Speaker on Jan. 9, has a slightly different view of his caucus than outgoing Speaker Chris Donovan.
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Tags: committee assignments, co-chair, Brendan Sharkey, Linda Gentile, Peter Tercyak, Susan Johnson, David Baram, Lonnie Reed, Chris Perone, Cathy Abercrombie, dh
December 6, 2012
How ‘Big Data’ Helped Obama Get Elected
by Hugh McQuaid | December 6, 2012 6:30am
President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign made sophisticated use of personal information databases and his administration is now applying the same technique to policy implementation, according to a Quinnipiac professor who spoke Wednesday at the Old State House.
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November 28, 2012
Merrill Certifies 2012 Election Results
by Hugh McQuaid | November 28, 2012 2:47pm
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill officially certified the results of the 2012 election Wednesday morning and reported a healthy voter turnout despite the arrival of a severe hurricane just before Election Day.
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