Stefan Pryor announced Monday he will not seek another term as state education commissioner, a step that could diminish some of the teacher dissatisfaction with the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Mark Pazniokas
Mark is the Capitol Bureau Chief and a co-founder of CT Mirror. He is a frequent contributor to WNPR, a former state politics writer for The Hartford Courant and Journal Inquirer, and contributor for The New York Times.
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Independent super PAC opposing Malloy has ties to Foley
Grow Connecticut, as independent expenditure group buying air time to oppose the re-election of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, was created last year by the campaign-finance law firm of Tom Foley, the Republican nominee for governor, after Foley’s ties to another super PAC were exposed by an elections enforcement case.
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CT GOP claims illegal coordination between Malloy, DGA
The Connecticut Republican Party has filed an elections complaint claiming illegal coordination between Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s re-election campaign and Connecticut Forward, an independent expenditure group recently created by the Democratic Governors Association. It makes a novel argument, but offers no direct evidence.
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On air and in a speech, Malloy pursues the new GOP nominee
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pushed his idling re-election campaign to full-throttle Wednesday night, aiming in one speech to take down the newly minted Republican nominee and lift up a Democratic base unsettled by a slow economic recovery and their candidate’s tepid poll numbers.
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Malloy attacks Foley with mashup of GOP ads from ’10 and ’14
John P. McKinney defended his final attack ad against Tom Foley, saying the Democrats would hit him harder and faster. On the first day of the general-election campaign, Democrats posted a newer version of the piece McKinney used to close out the Republican primary for governor.
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Sure, Tom, I’ll endorse you, but there’s just one thing…
He allowed that his late mother would have been appalled, but John P. McKinney dumped a bucket of ice water over the head of Tom Foley on Wednesday, living the dream of every politician who has ever dutifully attended a unity press conference the morning after losing a primary. Ostensibly, it all was for charity.
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Bridgeport is a focus of today’s state legislative primaries
The main bout today is Tom Foley vs. John P. McKinney in the Republican primary for governor, but the careers of eight incumbents in the General Assembly also are on the line in Democratic primaries, including one race that’s attracted liberal activists.
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With low turnout predicted, McKinney, Foley chase every vote
At the Lebanon Country Fair, John P. McKinney worked Sunday to win the vote of a no-nonsense trucker, ex-Marine and Second Amendment defender named Wayne Lanham.
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A final, free-wheeling TV forum for Foley, McKinney
NEW HAVEN – In their final televised forum before the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, Tom Foley and John P. McKinney strived during a free-wheeling hour Sunday to undermine each other’s ability to be a credible voice for change against Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in November. The live WTNH, Channel 8 event was a contentious exercise in political branding.
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McKinney takes hard, closing shot in GOP primary
John P. McKinney is closing his GOP primary campaign with a hard shot at frontrunner Tom Foley, branding him as “arrogant, ill-informed, uncaring” in a commercial that shows Foley scolding workers and a small-town first selectwoman outside a closing paper mill.
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For Pelto and Visconti, the long wait begins
Everyone knows Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is on the November ballot, and either Tom Foley or John P. McKinney will make the cut in next week’s GOP primary. But the status of two wild cards, Jonathan Pelto and Joe Visconti, won’t be known until after Aug. 20.
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Malloy celebrates drop in uninsured, credits Obamacare
The percentage of Connecticut residents without health coverage has dropped by half since 2012, prior to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a survey by the state’s health exchange and a Gallup poll that found the state with one of the nation’s 10 largest reductions.
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As GOP primary winds down, Malloy pushes for debates
John P. McKinney greeted Metro-North riders at dawn Tuesday, then spoke to evening commuters on WTIC-AM. Tom Foley had no public events, another sign he is looking past next week’s Republican primary with McKinney to a fall rematch with a restive Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Foley ad promises ‘new direction,’ but offers no map
Republican Tom Foley’s new ad is a generic swipe at the “same old policies and politicians in charge,” a spot that seems to look past next week’s GOP primary for governor to the November election.
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A Newtown mom praises Malloy in campaign ad
A mother who urged passage of Connecticut’s sweeping new gun controls after her son was shot to death in the Sandy Hook school massacre appears in a new campaign ad for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. “Gov. Malloy has the courage and conviction to stand up and do the right thing,” she says.