Linda McMahon won a decisive victory on Tuesday in the three-way GOP primary for U.S. Senate, ensuring she will face Democrat Richard Blumenthal in a closely-watched campaign this fall. “For the first time in decades, we’re going to send a Republican senator to Washington,” she told about 300 giddy, cheering supporters. McMahon strode onto the […]

A dispute over vote tallies from one of Connecticut’s largest cities pushed the battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination late into the night between Tom Foley and Michael Fedele. But the third GOP gubernatorial contender, Oz Griebel, bowed out shortly after 10 p.m., when unofficial results showed him trailing Foley by 24 percentage points. Fedele, […]

Avon lawyer Martha Dean captured the Republican nomination for attorney general tonight, capturing 60 percent of the vote in her contest with Ross Garber of Glastonbury, according to unofficial results. Garber, was chief legal counsel to former Gov. John G. Rowland during the latter’s 2004 impeachment inquiry, conceded around 10 p.m.  “I’ve never seen the […]

BRIDGEPORT — Ned Lamont is expected to arrive momentarily at his election night party to acknowledge that early returns appear to show a victory for Dan Malloy in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

The House gave final approval to a long-delayed $26.1 billion emergency aid package for cash-strapped states on Tuesday. Connecticut officials had been anxious over the fate of the legislation, which will send an estimated $309 million to the state to help stave off teacher lays offs and cuts to Medicaid, the health care safety net […]

CROMWELL — Republican Linda McMahon won a decisive victory on Tuesday in the three-way primary for U.S. Senate, ensuring she will face Democrat Richard Blumenthal in a closely-watched campaign this fall. “For the first time in decades we’re going to send a Republican senator to Washington,” McMahon told about 300 cheering supporters. With about 54 […]

A dispute over vote tallies from one of Connecticut’s largest cities pushed the battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination late into the night Tuesday before Michael Fedele conceded to Tom Foley shortly after 11 p.m. Fedele, Connecticut’s lieutenant governor since 2007 and a former state representative from Stamford, claimed that he had  won his home […]

BRIDGEPORT — Ned Lamont conceded defeat tonight in the Democratic primary for governor, congratulating Dan Malloy and calling for party unity to give Democratis their first gubernatorial victory in 24 years. “We’re going to do everything we can to unite behind the Democratic ticket going forward to win in November,” Lamont said, standing on stage […]

The state’s top education official has criticized an Obama administration plan that would force states to compete for federal education grants, saying it would create a nation of winners and losers in school reform. In a letter to U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, state Education Commissioner Mark McQuillan said Connecticut’s recent failure to qualify for […]

Ned Lamont closed his campaign for governor Monday night with a small rally in New Haven, while Dan Malloy exhorted supporters outside his boyhood home in Stamford. With the race tightening, Democrats go the polls today to select Lamont or Malloy as their nominee for an office that Democrats haven’t won since 1986. “We’re going […]

While GOP gubernatorial front-runner Tom Foley spent much of the final day before today’s primary indoors, reaching out to voters on the airwaves and by telephone, his chief rival Michael Fedele was out and about Monday. But as the heat and humidity soared during a mid-day walking tour in Watertown, Fedele said he was feeling […]

BRISTOL-Linda McMahon has been scouring the state for undecided Republican voters, and she found a live one at the Panera Bread cafe here Monday afternoon. Matthew Davis, a 35-year-old Burlington resident, abandoned his laptop and made a beeline for McMahon as soon as he realized who she was. “I still have to make my decision,” […]

Ned Lamont’s lead over Dan Malloy in the Democratic race for governor is just 3 percentage points, while Republican Tom Foley’s lead over Michael Fedele is 8 points, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In the race for the Republican Senate nomination, Linda McMahon has opened a 22-point lead over Rob Simmons, 50 […]

WATERBURY–Dan Malloy caromed Sunday through an Italian festival in Waterbury, flattering the cooks, teasing the customers, offering his hand. Then moving on. Always moving, moving, moving. “You don’t stop until it’s over,” Malloy said, striding toward his rented RV. “Not leaving any stone unturned. Even without money, we’re not leaving any stone unturned. We can […]

SIMSBURY-The Republican women’s “wine tasting social and tea cup auction” in this affluent town was not exactly the subdued affair one might expect, thanks to the volatile Republican Senate contest. Front-runner Linda McMahon arrived first, with a camera crew from ABC’s Nightline in tow, recording her last weekend on the campaign trail before Tuesday’s primary. […]