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 […]

If Republican attorney general candidates Arthur J. O’Neill and Ross Garber qualify for a primary at today’s GOP State Convention, it might depend on how much coffee they can pump into their supporters. Delegates, already weary from the opening day battle over the U.S. Senate nomination that wasn’t resolved until after 11 p.m., streamed into […]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Oz Griebel’s name was left off the GOP State Convention ballot tally sheet that delegates use to vote. The mistake was discovered this morning moments before nominating speeches for the five gubernatorial candidates were about to start. Griebel, who is on leave as president of the Greater Hartford Metro Alliance hopes to capture 15 percent of delegate votes to […]

State Treasurer Denise Nappier won the Democratic State Convention’s nomination for re-election to the office. Nappier, who was unopposed, won the party’s endorsement by acclamation shortly after the delegates convened Saturday morning. “When it comes to the state treasurer’s office, it’s all about the money,” Nappier told the delegates, pledging to hold the office to […]

Believe it or not, Nikki O’Neill got her first view this weekend of a Democrat being nominated for governor. The widow of Gov. William A. O’Neill, the longest-serving governor of modern times, said she and her husband always watched the proceedings from a hotel room, then swept into the hall after O’Neill had won the […]