By one key measure, Rob Simmons has returned as an active, if unconventional, candidate for U.S. Senate, announcing he will resume advertising on television in coming days. But, of course, there is a twist to the new ad: Simmons reminds voters he is on the ballot for the Aug. 10 Republican primary, yet he never […]

The State Elections Enforcement Commission is expected today to grant Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael C. Fedele $312,500 in supplemental public financing to offset spending by GOP front runner Tom Foley. With the refusal Tuesday by the state Supreme Court to intervene, the commission appears obligated to approve the funds contested by Foley. UPDATE: Funds approved […]

WFSB and Connecticut Public Broadcasting are going ahead with plans for a Democratic gubernatorial debate on Aug. 3 – with or without Ned Lamont. All three Republican candidates have accepted an invitation to debate Aug. 4 at WFSB’s studios in Rocky Hill, but Dan Malloy is the only Democrat willing to appear on the 3rd. […]

The State Elections Enforcement Commission today unanimously approved a supplemental grant of $312,500 for Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael C. Fedele. A federal appeals court has ruled that the supplemental grants, which are triggered by an opponent’s spending, are unconstitutional, but the court has not directed the SEEC to stop the grants. The delay allows parties […]

The state Supreme Court today refused to block Republican gubernatorial candidate Michael C. Fedele from seeking an additional $312,500 in public financing for his campaign. The State Elections Enforcement Commission is free at its meeting tomorrow to approve the supplemental funds, which are triggered by the spending of the GOP front runner, Tom Foley. Chief Justice […]

Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy have increased their combined television spending to nearly $4 million, gearing up for the closing weeks of what new polling shows to be a competitive Democratic primary for governor. With both Democrats armed and ready for a TV air war, is the first negative ad about to hit the airwaves? […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley’s wife, Leslie Fahrenkopf, was hospitalized Friday after going into premature labor in her 20th week of pregnancy. The baby did not survive. “The baby was lost Friday evening after a 19.5 week pregnancy,” the campaign announced in a brief statement Saturday. “Leslie is in the Intensive Care Unit at Greenwich […]

Oz Griebel was frustrated.  He saw the latest gubernatorial debate as another futile exercise, illuminating little about the abilities of the candidates to lead Connecticut. “To me, it’s how does a person think?” Griebel said. “What are their experiences? How do they react in difficult situations? How do they react in emotional situations?” None of […]

Democrat Richard Blumenthal has a 17-percentage point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the Senate race, but the GOP front-runner is slowly narrowing the margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In a separate survey of likely Republican primary voters, McMahon is leading the race for the GOP nomination with 52 percent, compared […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy trails Ned Lamont by 9 percentage points among likely Democratic voters in the Aug. 10 primary, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Tom Foley’s lead in the race for the GOP nomination for governor is 35 percentage points, but either Democrat is strongly positioned to win the general […]

WEST HARTFORD – Oz Griebel and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele tag-teamed Tom Foley during a televised debate Wednesday night, quizzing the GOP front runner about past arrests and business struggles. “I am not a perfect person, and anyone who wants a perfect governor probably shouldn’t vote for me,” Foley said. “But I have been very transparent […]

The public financing of campaigns in Connecticut survived a dizzying day of court rulings Tuesday, but lawyers will begin conferring with a U.S. District Court judge this afternoon on the new rules of the road going forward to November. The early consensus was that the two publicly financed candidates for governor, Democrat Dan Malloy and […]

A major state and municipal employees’ union today announced its endorsement of Democrat Dan Malloy for governor, with a union spokesman calling his selection over Ned Lamont a “wrenching choice” for many leaders. Malloy and Lamont each had been pursuing the backing of the Connecticut State Employees Association, but Malloy’s support of a more progressive […]

With just $99,318 in his campaign account, Oz Griebel joined Tom Foley in a legal action Monday to block their rival in the GOP race for governor, Michael C. Fedele, from $2.18 million in public financing. Lawyers for Griebel and Foley told Superior Court Judge Julia L. Aurigemma that elections officials erred  in approving the […]

First, it was Susan Bysiewicz. Now, it’s Michael C. Fedele. For the second time this year, the fate of a major candidate for statewide office is in the hands of a Hartford Superior Court judge. Judge Julia L. Aurigemma will hear arguments at 2 p.m. today on an effort by Tom Foley to deny $2.18 […]