Al Sechiavone had a message for the two candidates running for Congress in Connecticut’s 5th district on their last day of campaigning before the election: Behave. Sam Caligiuri greeets a voter outside a Waterbury supermarket (Jacqueline Rabe) The 88-year old, longtime resident of Waterbury told Republican state Sen. Sam Caligiuri, who was standing outside a […]

Self-funded candidates aren’t having a very good year, David Levinthal says at the OpenSecrets blog of the Center for Responsive Politics. Of the 58 candidates for U.S. House and Senate who have contributed more than $500,000 to their own campaigns, more than half are out of the running even before Election Day. Others, like Republican Senate […]

Forget those WWE freebies at the polls promised by Vince McMahon. The U.S. Justice Department has reminded the wrestling impressario and husband of Senate candidate Linda McMahon that giving a thing of value in return for a vote is against the law. Giving away WWE clothing outside a polling place just might cross the line. […]

Final figures show new voter registration this year was less than for the last mid-term election in 2006 and far below the record tally of the 2008 presidential year. Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said the total number of new voters registered as of the Oct. 26 deadline for voting in Tuesday’s election was […]

In Quinnipiac and Rasmussen polls released today, Republican Tom Foley has opened a small lead in the volatile, tight race for governor, while Democrat Richard Blumenthal is up by as much 9 percentage points in the contest for U.S. Senate. After trailing by 5 points a week ago, Foley leads Democrat Dan Malloy among likely […]

STORRS–Student protesters disrupted a Linda McMahon campaign rally on Monday, forcing the Republican U.S. Senate candidate to move and then cut short a mid-morning event at the University of Connecticut. As McMahon greeted the students, Brenna Regan, a 20-year-old junior, tried to present the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO with a “lifetime achievement award for […]

They may be the biggest spenders, but the American Action Network, which has been flooding the 5th Congressional District with ads attacking Democratic incumbent Chris Murphy, isn’t the only outside player in the close race. Officials from local labor unions say they are spending thousands of dollars to send out flyers, make phone calls and […]

Hartford and Windham hospitals have reached a “long-term” agreement on new contracts with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, averting the possibility that the capital region’s largest hospital would sever ties with the state’s largest insurer. The hospitals’ contract with the insurer was slated to expire today. The contract dispute played out in public in […]

NORWALK — Though somewhat unorthodox, Stephen Tallon’s greeting Sunday to GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley was pretty clear. “Keep that legislature under control,” the local Lions Club member said as Foley entered the dining room at the Norwalk Inn for the club’s annual pre-election pancake breakfast. Tom Foley hears from Jack Jablonski (center) and Stephen […]

Republican Linda McMahon called herself the “underdog” on Sunday, even as she disputed recent polls showing her behind Democrat Richard Blumenthal and touted a sophisticated field operation assembled by her $42 million-plus U.S. Senate campaign. Linda McMahon talks with supporter Jayme Stevenson in Darien (Deirdre Shesgreen) “I like being the underdog,” McMahon told a crowd […]

Former President Bill Clinton told a partisan audience of 2,000 at the University of Hartford on Sunday night that Republicans have waged “a fact-free campaign” to convince America they are blameless for the recession. At a stop to promote Democrat Dan Malloy’s candidacy for governor, Clinton spent as much time defending embattled congressional Democrats, his […]

If you want to find the voters who aren’t angry this year, there are at least 5,000 of them in the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, waiting for the arrival of President Barack Obama. The crowd exploded a few moments ago at the announcement, “I just want to let you know, our president is […]

BRIDGEPORT – Barack Obama came to Connecticut on Saturday looking to recapture the magic of 2008, when voters thronged to polls here to help him carry the state and Jim Himes unseat New England’s only Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cameras flash as Barack Obama greets supporters in Bridgeport. (Uma Ramiah) Now, as […]

Tom Foley and Dan Malloy may have few similarities, but the gubernatorial contenders found common ground Saturday in an urgent need to rally potential voters — and an appreciation for the rock group Queen. With two polls showing the contest close to a dead heat, the major party candidates criss-crossed the state to ensure their […]