Mark Pazniokas

An embattled Richard Blumenthal was endorsed for U.S. Senate by acclamation Friday night after his only opponent for the Democratic nomination withdrew more than halfway through a roll call vote. In his acceptance speech, Blumenthal cast himself as a fighter, both for Connecticut and for a candidacy roiled by the week’s stunning controversy over his […]

Rob Simmons said tonight he will continue his campaign for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, waging a primary in August against the GOP’s endorsed candidate, Linda McMahon. “Do I look like a quitter?” Simmons said. Simmons on the way to the press room. (Mark Pazniokas) Simmons huddled with his staff in room off the convention […]

Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, whose candidacy for attorney general ended with a stunning court decision Tuesday, issued a statement today that she will not run for another office this year. Bysiewicz had been considering whether to seek nomination to secretary of the state or, possibly, comptroller, the post Nancy Wyman is vacating to […]

Richard Blumenthal insisted Thursday night he was moving on, leaving behind questions about ill-chosen words like, “I wore the uniform in Vietnam.” In case there was any doubt, Blumenthal didn’t break stride as he left a friendly Hartford Democratic town committee, trailed by a reporter. “I’m moving on to the real problems that real people […]

It will be remembered as the day when the national political spotlight swung away from states with pivotal primaries to the circus that took over staid Connecticut politics. Where to begin? With Richard Blumenthal, accused of lying about his military record, holding a nationally televised press conference aimed at righting his can’t-miss candidacy for the […]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rob Simmons capitalized on Democrat Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnam controversy with an endorsement today from the Marine aviator who shared a cell with John McCain in the notorious Hanoi Hilton. The endorsement by Orson Swindle, a prisoner of war for six years after being shot down on his 205th combat mission, is […]

Danbury Mayor Mark D. Boughton enters this weekend’s Republican State Convention as the running mate of one gubernatorial candidate and the likely default choice of at least two others. Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele introduced Boughton as his running mate Monday morning, predicting the new alliance would give him a shot at a first-ballot victory […]

WEST HARTFORD – In a nationally-televised news conference, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal denied Tuesday that he lied about his military service or pulled strings to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War. Blumenthal, who was a stateside Marine Corps reservist during the war, acknowledged that he “misspoke” in 2008 when he told an audience in […]

Television-advertising dollars spent in recent weeks by the gubernatorial campaigns of Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Tom Foley won’t buy them their expected pre-convention bumps in the Quinnipiac University poll. That’s a certainty, because there won’t be another Quinnipiac poll before this weekend’s state party nominating conventions. Today’s down-to-the-wire Democratic senate primary in Pennsylvania has […]

The New York Times late Monday reported that Attorney General Richard Blumenthal falsely described himself on at least two occasions as a Vietnam veteran, instantly roiling his campaign for the U.S. Senate four days before he is set to accept the Democratic nomination at a state convention. Blumenthal frequently and accurately refers to his stateside […]

Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele said today his choice of Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton as a running mate puts him within striking distance of winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination on the first ballot next weekend. At a press conference on the north steps of the State Capitol, Boughton formally ended his own campaign for governor by […]

After approaching at least two state legislators and a mayor about joining his ticket, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley said today he will go without a running mate to the Republican State Convention next weekend. One of the legislators, Rep. Pamela Sawyer, R-Bolton, said today she declined an offer to join the ticket, saying she […]

Call it a mini-trend: Republican gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel isn’t shopping for a lieutenant governor, either. His campaign manager, Ashley Maagero, said today that Griebel likely will go to the Republican State Convention this weekend without designating a running mate, though he did have exploratory conversations other candidates, including Michael C. Fedele and Fedele’s choice, […]

In the race to land endorsements before next week’s nominating conventions, Gov. M. Jodi Rell isn’t playing hard to get. She’s not playing, period. The popular governor said Thursday she will endorse none of her would-be successors as governor, nor will she cast a vote as a super-delegate to next week’s Republican nominating convention. “I […]