Republicans began their state convention with Congressional nominations Friday, and now face the likelihood of primaries in three of Connecticut’s five House districts. State Sen. Dan Debicella of Shelton was nominated to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Himes in the 4th Congressional District, after easily capturing the Republican convention endorsement in that district. And 3rd District Republican Jerry Labriola […]

Though rarely seen on the campaign trail, Linda McMahon’s wrestling celebrity family came to the Republican State Convention tonight to support her candidacy. Her husband, World Wrestling Entertainment founder Vince McMahon, entered the Connecticut Convention Center around 7:45 p.m. The McMahons were joined by their daughter, Stephanie McMahon, and her husband, Paul Michael Levesque, known […]

Self-proclaimed political outsider Linda McMahon stunned former 2nd District Congressman Robert Simmons on the first ballot, winning the Republican State Convention’s endorsement for U.S. Senate late tonight. Weston economist Peter Schiff, considered a long-shot, fell well short of winning 15 percent of the delegate vote, the minimum threshold needed to qualify for a primary. But Schiff said […]

1st District: Ann Brickley – http://www.brickleyforcongress.com/ Wethersfield businesswoman Joe Visconti – http://joevisconti2010.org/ Former West Hartford town councilor, general contractor Mark Zydanowicz – http://zforcongress.org/Z/index.php/about-mark West Hartford dairy executive, captain in the Connecticut Army National Guard 2nd District: Matt Daly – http://www.dalyforcongress.com/ Business consultant for Global Risk Services Daria Novak – http://novakforcongress.com/ President of an international cross-cultural, […]

A Rasmussen poll released today shows Democrat Richard Blumenthal losing ground in the U.S. Senate race in the wake of the controversy over his military record. The new matchups: Blumenthal over Linda McMahon, 48 percent to 45 percent. Blumenthal over Rob Simmons, 50 percent to 39 percent. Blumenthal over Peter Schiff, 53 percent to 37 […]

Brenda Sisco, the commissioner of administrative services, was named today to succeed Robert L. Genuario as secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Genuario left the state’s budget office today to begin his orientation as a new judge of the Superior Court. Martin Anderson, the deputy commissioner of administrative services, will succeed Sisco at […]

The Rasmussen poll has the main two Democratic gubernatorial contenders, Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy, leading in matchups with Republicans Tom Foley and Michael C. Fedele. Lamont is ahead of Foley, 42 percent to 35 percent, and Fedele, 48 percent to 28 percent. Malloy is ahead of Foley, 38 percent to 35 percent, and Fedele, […]

Democrat Richard Blumenthal has a double-digit lead in head-to-head matchups with any of his Republican opponents in a Rasmussen poll released today. It’s Blumenthal over Rob Simmons, 55 percent to 32 percent; over Linda McMahon, 52 percent to 39 percent; over Peter Schiff, 54 percent to 29 percent. Blumenthal, the long-time attorney general, has no […]

The House of Representatives won’t begin its final day of the 2010 session until 1 p.m. After staying until 6:01 a.m. to pass an energy bill, House Speaker Chris Donovan gave everyone the rest of the morning off. The Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee meets at 12:30 p.m. to adopt revenue estimates, then the House […]

The Senate passed the budget 19-16, it now heads to the House for final passage. Gov. M. Jodi Rell has said she will sign the bill. Four Democrats voted against the budget — including Senators Edward Meyer, Joan Hartley, Donald DeFronzo and Andrew Maynard. Watch the House debate the bill live here and read an analysis […]

Here are the bills marked as a “go” in the House today. The “go list” is a misnomer. These are bills ready to be debated, not ones that are guaranteed to come before the House. G O L I S T Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Cal. No. Title File No. Action FAVORABLE REPORTS 0113 Substitute […]

The Senate has begun debate on an energy bill that turned into the session’s most heavily lobbied piece of legislation. Here is our most recent story.

The Connecticut Mirror is beginning its new commentary section, CTCommons, just as the 2010 session of the General Assembly is drawing to a close-and we invite you to mark both occasions with your thoughts on the legislature’s work. What went right? What went wrong? How will the events of the last three months at the […]

It’s been three months since The Connecticut Mirror began news coverage of Connecticut’s government, politics and public policy. In that time we’ve published hundreds of stories viewed by a steadily-growing number of visitors to our website, CTMirror.org, as well as by readers of our newspaper partners. Now we’re starting a new opinion section, CTCommons, to […]