February 14, 2012
U.S. Senate Candidate Seeks Civility
by Scott Benjamin | February 14, 2012 5:30am
U.S. Senate candidate Kie Westby, a Republican from Southbury, believes that the federal government “has a financial deficit because we have an integrity deficit.”
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Tags: Kie Westby, U.S. Senate, Linda McMahon, Chris Shays, Scott Benjamin
February 13, 2012
Founding Executive Director of the Working Families Party To Leave CT
by Christine Stuart | February 13, 2012 5:30am
It’s been 10 years since the once obscure Working Families Party launched in Connecticut, and after helping get the first-in-the-nation paid sick days bill passed its founding executive director is leaving for the national stage.
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Tags: Jon Green, Working Families Party, Kurt Westby, Dannel Malloy, Chris Murphy
February 10, 2012
Four GOP Candidates Make The Cut, A Fifth Misses By Minutes
by Christine Stuart | February 10, 2012 12:10pm
There were no surprises Friday morning when Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Republican Party Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr., announced the names of the four Republican presidential candidates who will appear on Connecticut’s April 24 primary ballot. A fifth candidate submitted his request about 40 minutes after the deadline.
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Tags: Republican presidential contest, Jerry Labriola Jr., Buddy Roemer, Fred Karger, Vermin Supreme
February 7, 2012
Caligiuri Endorses Roraback
by Hugh McQuaid | February 7, 2012 3:13pm
Former state Sen. Sam Caligiuri said Sen. Andrew Roraback’s ability to work with lawmakers of all ideologies make him the strongest candidate for the 5th Congressional district and an answer to partisan gridlock in Congress.
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Tags: Election 2012, Andrew Roraback, 5th District
Poll: Malloy’s Approval Improves, Murphy Leads & Abolish Tenure
by Christine Stuart | February 7, 2012 10:58am
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who says he doesn’t pay much attention to polls, saw his approval numbers improve to 51 percent in a poll released Tuesday by the conservative Yankee Institute for Public Policy.
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Tags: poll, yankee institute, Fergus Cullen, unions, tenure, alcohol, election, president, senate
February 6, 2012
Fate of National Popular Vote Bill Uncertain
by Hugh McQuaid | February 6, 2012 3:32pm
In five minutes Monday, the Government Administration and Elections Committee voted to raise 35 concepts this session. A bill to join the National Popular Vote Compact was not among them.
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Tags: National Popular Vote, slossberg, Meyer, Andrew Fleischmann, elections, presidential elections
February 3, 2012
McMahon Asks For Three Debates, Shays Offers 10
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | February 3, 2012 2:21pm
With Chris Shays’ entry into state’s U.S. Senate seat race, Linda McMahon’s campaign manager asked his campaign Friday to set up three debates. But the Shays’ campaign was thinking more along the lines of 10.
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Tags: McMahon, Shays, Senate 2012
February 1, 2012
Excuse Me Sir, You’re Blocking My Shot
by Christine Stuart | February 1, 2012 2:16pm
He set up quietly in the back of the Pulaski Club Wednesday morning with his flip camera and tripod, but the presence of the opposition tracker didn’t go unnoticed.
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Tags: Chris Donovan, tracker, New Britain, endorsement, campaign, Congress, Elizabeth Esty, Dan Roberti
January 31, 2012
‘I Didn’t Stop Being A Politician Simply Because I’m Governor’
by Christine Stuart | January 31, 2012 5:30am
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the first governor elected with public campaign funds, said he may have closed out his political action committee this month, but it’s not going to stop him from helping other PACs raise money.
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Tags: fundraising, PAC, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Democratic Governors Association, Cuomo, O'Malley
January 30, 2012
McMahon Focusing On Retail Politics
by Scott Benjamin | January 30, 2012 5:29am
After gaining statewide name recognition by spending a record-setting $50 million and saturating mailboxes and airwaves with advertising during her first bid for the U.S. Senate two years ago, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is now focusing on retail politics.
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