John J. Pistone of Brookfield, whose web site describes him as a conservative candidate, qualified for the ballot Wednesday as a petitioning candidate for Congress in the 5th District of western Connecticut.
Pistone, 52, an unaffiliated voter, had to collect the signatures of 2,848 registered voters to qualify for a place on the ballot with U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, the first-term Democratic incumbent, and Republican Mark Greenberg.