BRISTOL–Tom Foley took the advice between bites of his cheese danish. “Negative campaigning is clearly working against the candidates,” Whit Bett, a local state legislative candidate, said from across the booth. “People won’t keep the radio station on when they hear it.” “This is the best cheese danish I’ve had on the campaign trail,” Foley […]

When it comes to investing in their own campaigns, the two Greenwich millionaires running for governor have much different approaches. Democrat Ned Lamont has given $8.6 million to his effort–money that’s irretrievably committed to the cause. Republican Tom Foley’s $3 million stake is in the form of loans that he could eventually recover through donations, […]

Perhaps encouraged by predictions of GOP gains this year, 11 Republicans are competing in Tuesday’s primary for their party’s nominations in four of Connecticut’s five Congressional districts. Nine of them are running in three districts ranked among the most competitive in the country by the University of Minnesota’s Smart Politics blog: the 2nd, the 4th […]

Katherine Carver insists she’d never heard of Greenwich Republican Tom Foley, his gubernatorial bid, or his former ownership of a Georgia textile mill until moments before she was asked to denounce him on camera over the mill’s closure. But Jerri Broadwell said she gladly participated in the production of two attack ads aired by one […]

Dan Malloy’s fans call him strong, confident, aggressive. Does that make him too bullheaded to deal with legislators? Ned Lamont’s say he is collaborative, partial to roundtable discussions. Does that make him weak? The two candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination are running on their records: Malloy as a former mayor of Stamford, Lamont as […]

If Democrats in Washington are getting nervous about Richard Blumenthal’s shrinking lead in Connecticut Senate contest, they’re putting on a good game face for now. Blumenthal’s edge over rival Linda McMahon, the GOP-endorsed nominee who still faces a primary next week, has inched down steadily in recent months, from a 25-point lead in May to […]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal concluded Thursday that Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz – who spent much of last year-and-a-half exploring a bid for governor and then campaigning for attorney general – misused public resources in maintaining an office database compiled on thousands of contacts. “While much of the information placed in the database was related to legitimate state purposes, some of the […]

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal concluded today that Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz misused taxpayer-funded resources by maintaining a computer database of political supporters. “While much of the information placed in the database was related to legitimate state purposes, some of the information maintained, particularly the ‘special notes,’ was inappropriate – even if not […]

As expected, the Senate today overrode Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto of a bill revising the state’s public campaign finance law, paving the way for the House to do the same next week. The bill doubles the public campaign finance base grants for the gubernatorial races to $6 million and limits lobbyists from donating more […]

Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Tom Foley remain the front runners in volatile, tightening primary races for governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Lamont’s 9-percentage point lead over Dan Malloy in the Democratic race has been nearly halved in three weeks to 5 points, while Tom Foley’s 35-point cushion over Michael Fedele […]

Despite calls for civility, Democratic voters can expect a continuing exchange of attacks between Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy through next Tuesday’s primary. “I’m afraid negative campaigning works,” Lamont said Wednesday night, after questioning Malloy’s ethics in a new mailer. “That’s why politicians do it.” Lamont was anticipating that a new Quinnipiac University poll would […]

WASHINGTON-The U. S. Senate moved forward on a $26.1 billion emergency aid package for cash-strapped states on Wednesday, which could help Connecticut officials preserve teacher jobs and avoid cuts to health care services for the poor. Failure to pass the bill would put a $376 million hole in this year’s state budget. Although the measure […]

As a physician over the last 20 years or so, I have become quite used to abiding by the new regulations presented by insurance companies, our national medical societies, pharmaceutical companies, and the national government. Sometimes, I’ll admit, I have felt like I had little input, that I was being controlled by forces beyond my […]

Democratic leaders of the state House and Senate said Wednesday they aim to override Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto of their bill to revise the state’s public campaign finance law, but the final outcome won’t be known until after next week’s primary election. That leaves Democrat Dan Malloy and Republican Michael Fedele–both battling self-funding millionaires […]