Dan Roberti, a rival for the Democratic congressional nomination, urged House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan to end his congressional campaign today, saying Donovan is too wounded to be successful in November should he still win the primary in August. “It is time for Chris Donovan to withdraw from the primary race for the good of […]
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Greenberg goes on air with ad attacking Obama
Republican congressional candidate Mark Greenberg released a television commercial today touting his 35 years as a businessman and attacking President Obama’s economic record. Greenberg, one of four candidates seeking the GOP nomination for the open seat in the 5th Congressional District, ignored his Republican rivals in a 30-second spot called “Dust.” “Because of Barack Obama’s […]
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Uncontested legislative races at record low
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said today that the 2012 election will have the fewest uncontested races for the General Assembly since 1998, when the state began tracking how many legislative elections were uncontested by a major party. “I am very encouraged to see so many candidates stepping up and running for office, especially […]
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Greenberg loans campaign $1.5 million
The congressional campaign of Republican Mark Greenberg spent $1 milliion and had nearly $800,000 in available cash as of June 30, with nearly $1.5 million of the $1.8 million raised coming in personal loans from the candidate. In the three-month period ending June 30, Greenberg loaned his campaign $650,000 and raised only $3,825 in outside […]
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First Esty ad indirectly criticizes Donovan on budget
In the first TV ad of her congressional campaign, former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, indirectly criticizes a rival, House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, with a line saying she “took on her party leaders to fight for honest budgets — even cutting her own pay.” Donovan was speaker during Esty’s only term in the […]
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Murphy raises $1.2 million in his best quarter
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, reported today that his Senate campaign raised $1.2 million in the second three months of 2012, his best fundraising quarter since entering the race to succeed the retiring Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman. His campaign says it will report more than $3.1 million cash on hand of a total of […]
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McMahon, Shays respond differently to Obama tax plan
Linda McMahon and Chris Shays, the two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, responded to President Obama’s proposed middle-class tax cut today with statements that were similar in substance, but sharply different in tone. In a statement apparently aimed at a general-election audience, McMahon emphasized her agreement with Obama on the need for a middle-class tax […]
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Bysiewicz stays positive with second TV ad
Susan Bysiewicz, who won her first statewide primary with a memorable attack ad in 1998, is keeping it positive with her second TV spot in her U.S. Senate race, promoting her record while ignoring the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, Chris Murphy. A smiling Bysiewicz looks into the camera and says, “Some people say I […]
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Esty raises $340,000 in Q2
Former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Cheshire, reported today that her congressional campaign has raised $340,000 in the three-month period ending June 30, giving her $900,000 cash on hand six weeks before the Aug. 14 Democratic primary. She now has raised $1.5 million. Esty is one of three Democrats trying to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, […]
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MoveOn’s endorsement of Donovan means people, not TV ads — for now
MoveOn.org started one of its 24-hour email polls on supporting the 5th Congressional District campaign of House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, the day that his campaign finance director was arrested. But the liberal activist group voted to endorse Donovan in that email poll and again in a second poll conducted last week just to […]
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Donovan, Murphy recommended for AFL-CIO endorsements
The final vote won’t come until Tuesday, but the Connecticut AFL-CIO’s political endorsement committee is recommending the labor federation back Chris Murphy and Chris Donovan for the state’s two open seats in the congressional delegation. The AFL-CIO convention will vote Tuesday on formally endorsing Murphy for U.S. Senate and Donovan for the 5th Congressional District […]
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Lumaj walks back ‘not electable’ crack with McMahon endorsement
Linda McMahon picked up an endorsement today from Peter Lumaj, a conservative businessman who was part of the five-candidate field for the GOP Senate nomination. The only downside of endorsements from former opponents, especially longshots who were especially free with their opinions during the campaign, is the recycling of past criticism by the endorser of […]
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Facing primary, Roldan will not seek re-election
State Rep. Kelvin Roldan, D-Hartford, who faced a difficult primary, announced today he will not seek a fourth term. Roldan, 33, was on the losing end of a fight for control of the Democratic town committee slate in his district, which foreshadowed his losing the party endorsement for re-election. Had he run, he would have […]
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Short of signatures, Brian K. Hill suspends Senate campaign
Brian K. Hill said today he was suspending his campaing for U.S. Senate after failing to gather sufficient signatures to earn a place on the Republican primary ballot. In a five-candidate field, only Chris Shays had more than the required 15 percent of the GOP convention vote to automatically qualify for the primary against the […]
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McCain endorses Shays in You Tube video
Arizona Sen. John McCain is helping fellow Republican, former Rep. Chris Shays, raise money and votes in Shays’ quest for a Connecticut Senate seat. Not only was McCain a featured guest at a Shays fundraiser on Capitol Hill in Washington Monday night, but he agreed to a filmed endorsement in which he called Shays “a great […]