College graduation rate overlooks success stories

NEW BRITAIN – Damek Spacek, summa cum laude, Class of 2010, is the kind of graduate who makes Central Connecticut State University proud. Trouble is, in one important measure of Central’s success he doesn’t count. Like hundreds of other students who received degrees over the weekend, Spacek, a biomolecular science major, will not show up […]

Dan Malloy won the Democratic endorsement for governor today by more than a 2-1 margin, with Ned Lamont easily qualifying for an Aug. 10 primary, guaranteeing a long, eventful summer of Connecticut politics. Malloy’s choice for lieutenant governor, Nancy Wyman, also was endorsed. Lamont’s pick, Mary Glassman, drew enough votes to primary. For Malloy, it […]

Greenwich businessman Tom Foley captured the Republican State Convention endorsement for governor Saturday on the first ballot, riding on a wave of just over 100 last-minute vote switches. Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele of Stamford and Oz Griebel of Simsbury, the former president of the Greater Hartford Metro Alliance, both captured enough delegates to force a […]

Danbury Mayor Mark D. Boughton overwhelmingly won the Republican endorsement for lieutenant governor Saturday with two-thirds of the vote. He originally was running for governor, but dropped down to the lieutenant governor’s race to team up with Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, who is running for governor. Fedele failed to get the Republican endorsement but won […]

It’s been a bad week for the Bysiewicz family. The state’s Supreme Court first kicked Susan out of the race for Attorney General and then her brother-in-law Ross Garber lost his bid for the Republican endorsement. Garber, a lawyer from Glastonbury since 1992, decided to enter the race last week after the court ruled Secretary […]

Newington Mayor Jeffrey Wright, who converted his gubernatorial campaign into a bid for state treasurer in late March, easily won the Republican State Convention endorsement this afternoon over Andrew. G. White of Ridgefield, with 91 percent of the vote. Wright, 38, who has been mayor since 2007, noted that Connecticut already boasts one of the […]

Wallingford Republican Jerry Farrell Jr., commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection captured the endorsement for secretary of the state with just over 62 percent of the vote this afternoon at the GOP State Convention. Bloomfield attorney Corey Brinson, the other Republican candidate for the secretary’s post, received 38 percent of the vote, qualifying […]

Denise Merrill faces a three-way Democratic primary for secretary of the state with Jonathan Harris and Gerry Garcia after winning a second ballot victory today at the Democratic State Convention. She will be on the top line of the ballot of the Aug. 10 primary with Dan Malloy and Nancy S. Wyman.

Jack Orchulli has received the Republican State Converntion’s endorsement to become the Connecticut’s next chief fiscal guardian. Going into Saturday’s convention, Orchulli was expected to face Bolton Republican Stephanie Labanowski for the party’s endorsement, but she dropped out of the race for comptroller and Orchuli was nominated by acclamation. Labanowski said she was dropping out […]

Denise Merrill finished first in the balloting in a three-way race for secretary of the state at the Democratic convention today, but fell short of the majority necessary to win the endorsement. Merrill had 44.5 percent of the first ballot vote, while Jonathan Harris had 30 percent and Gerry Garcia had 20 percent. All three […]

Greenwich businessman Tom Foley captured the Republican State Convention endorsement for governor on the first ballot, riding on a wave of just over 100 last-minute vote switches. Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele of Stamford and Oz Griebel of Simsbury, the former president of the Greater Hartford Metro Alliance, also captured enough delegates to force a primary. […]

George C. Jepsen won the state Democratic Convention’s nomination for attorney general Saturday. The former state Senate majority leader was unopposed after the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz did not meet minimum qualifications for the job. “What a long, strange week it has been,” said Jepsen, […]

Fears by the Lamont campaign that Mary Glassman might have trouble qualifying for lieutenant governor proved unfounded today. Nancy Wyman won the convention endorsement by 2-1 margin, but Glassman easily qualified for a primary. Dan Malloy had a similar margin of victory as his running mate, Wyman.

Former state Rep. Lenny T. Winkler of Groton jumped into the race for lieutenant governor this morning at the Republican State Convention, saying she was asked to do so by gubernatorial contender Tom Foley. The front-runner among GOP gubernatorial candidates in the last Quinnipiac poll, Foley had surprised some political observers by coming into this […]

Dan Malloy won the Democratic endorsement for governor today by more than a 2-1 margin, with Ned Lamont easily qualifying for an Aug. 10 primary, guaranteeing a long, eventful summer of Connecticut politics. Malloy’s choice for lieutenant governor, Nancy Wyman, also was endorsed. Lamont’s pick, Mary Glassman, drew enough votes to primary. For Malloy, it […]