U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff, a Tea Party favorite known for his gloomy predictions about the U.S. economy, has qualified for the Aug. 10 Republican primary. Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said Monday that Schiff gathered enough petition signatures to challenge the endorsed Republican, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon. “We are thrilled to hear […]

Secretary of the State Susan Byisiewicz announced today that petitioning candidates have qualified for primaries in two congressional races, plus three state legislative and three probate contests. In the 4th Congressional District of Fairfield County, endorsed Republican Dan Debicella picked up two opponents: Rick Torres and Rob Merkle. The winner faces U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, […]

The General Assembly Monday overrode Gov. M. Jodi Rell on six of the 13 bills she vetoed in the 2010 session, her last regular session before stepping down as governor in January. The bills re-passed affect criminal background checks, sentencing policies, off-track betting, environmental permitting procedures, licensing for social workers, and a Stamford parking garage. […]

Ned Lamont’s campaign for governor notified state officials Friday that he and his wife have donated an additional $1 million to his campaign, triggering supplemental funds to his publicly financed Democrat primary opponent, Dan Malloy. The money was donated last week, but the campaign failed to notify the State Elections Enforcement Commission within 48 hours, […]

Comptroller Nancy S. Wyman, the endorsed Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, said today she has raised the $75,000 in qualifying funds necessary to obtain $375,000 in public financing for her primary with Mary Glassman. “I am overwhelmed by the support I have received from people across the state since I announced my candidacy for lieutenant […]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont borrowed from an energy bill vetoed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to lay out a broad approach Wednesday to lowering energy costs and creating jobs. On a walkway overseeing the Connecticut Science Center in downtown Hartford, Lamont said he would install solar panels on state offices and consider windmills in […]

CROMWELL – The two Republican governors who followed him were “corrupt or disinterested.” And the legislature’s Democrats are “sauced up on spending and borrowing.” Lowell P. Weicker Jr. is back, blunt and quotable as ever. But the man who gave Connecticut the income tax in 1991 has a very different prescription for its present fiscal […]

DANBURY – Standing outside an unemployment office Tuesday, Dan Malloy and his running mate, Nancy Wyman, released a 12-point plan for economic development, calling job creation their highest priority. “I consider the job of governor and economic development to be one in the same,” said Malloy, the endorsed Democratic candidate for governor. Today his Democratic […]

Public broadcasting offers donors a tote bag. Give Michael C. Fedele’s campaign for governor “a one-time contribution of $25, $50 or $100,” and he promises a tax freeze. A no-tax pledge emailed to potential donors over the weekend is Fedele’s latest pitch for the contributions he badly needs to qualify for public financing of at […]

He’s picked up 6 points in a new poll. Ann Coulter is openly pining for him. To get this attention, all Rob Simmons had to do to was quit campaigning for the U.S. Senate. “This is marvelous,” Simmons said Thursday night. “Maybe if I took a long trip to China, I might move out front. […]

Democrat Richard Blumenthal’s lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the U.S. Senate race has shrunk by one-fifth in two weeks to 20 percentage points, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In a race roiled by controversy over Blumenthal’s misstatements about his Vietnam-era military record, the attorney general still leads McMahon by a wide […]

All six candidates for governor agreed today that Connecticut’s government has failed miserably to encourage job creation over the past two decades. If their business audience in Hartford closed its eyes, picking out the two Democrats from the three Republicans and one Independent might have been a challenge. Costs must be lowered, regulatory processes streamlined […]

It’s not every day that a campaign shares internal polling showing its candidate trailing by 13 percentage points. That’s what Republican Linda McMahon’s U.S. Senate campaign did Tuesday, in an attempt to discredit polls that give Democrat Richard Blumenthal an even bigger lead. It’s a page from the same playbook used two weeks ago by […]

The State Elections Enforcement Commission today approved the first public-financing grants to a statewide candidate: nearly $2.2 million for Dan Malloy, the endorsed Democratic candidate for governor. “Congratulations to the Malloy campaign,” said Stephen F. Cashman, the commission chairman. “And a first for the commission, as well.” The commission approved a $1.25 million grant for […]