Former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty has won the first quarter fundraising contest among Democrats seeking the nomination for the open seat in the 5th Congressional District, exceeding House Speaker Chris Donovan’s take by one third and more than doubling the receipts of newcomer Dan Roberti. Esty raised $360,000 and had $800,000 cash on hand, compared […]
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Esty breaks $1 million in 5th CD
Elizabeth Esty said today her campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 5th Congressional District raised $360,000 in the first quarter of 2012, leaving her with $800,000 cash on hand. She is the first to publish numbers for the fundraising period that ended at midnight on March 31. She says she now has raised $1.1 […]
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Rapid response: McMahon hits back with her own poll
Linda McMahon has responded to an unsettling Quinnipiac University poll with an internal survey that shows her with great favorables and a 21-percentage point lead over her rival for the GOP Senate nomination, former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, R-4th District. (The Shays campaign says caveat voter: McMahon portrayed her internals as showing a dead heat […]
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Obama comfortably leads Romney, Santorum in CT
The new Quinnipiac poll has Mitt Romney leading Rick Santorum by a 2-1 margin among Republican voters in Connecticut, while President Obama is favored by a wide margin over either of them among the general electorate. Obama tops Romney, 53-37, and Santorum, 55-35.
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Wilson-Foley dings Roraback — for taking her advice
After airing a radio commericial urging state Sen. Andrew Roraback, R-Goshen, to vote against repeal of the death penalty, Lisa Wilson-Foley is now criticizing him for taking her advice. The two Republican candidates for the 5th Congressional District nomination have been scrapping for weeks over Roraback’s historic opposition to capital punishment, which took an unexpected […]
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Environment co-chairs endorse Esty over Donovan in 5th
We don’t report a lot of endorsements. Most are too predictable, and few matter. Not sure if these matter, but they are not predictable: two committee co-chairs endorsed Elizabeth Esty today over House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan in the race for the Democratic nomination in the 5th Congressional District. Rep. Richard Roy, D-Milford, and Sen. […]
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Tong gets great debate review…from Tong
One sure sign William Tong liked his performance at the first full-fledged Democratic Senate debate: The entire video is on his website. He tweeted it, too. Twenty-four hours later, video not posted on Chris Murphy or Susan Bysiewicz sites.
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Leapin’ Leo! Canty is running for the state House
Leo Canty, the longtime union leader and Windsor Democratic Town Committee chairman, has jumped into the race for the newly drawn 5th Assembly District, even though he is white and the new district is one of just seven state House districts that are at least 50 percent black. Canty pushed hard to get a Windsor-based […]
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A negative + a negative = a positive, right?
Is it negative to note that your opponent won’t pledge to stay positive? Oh, these things get tricky. As we reported yesterday, House Speaker Chris Donovan urged the Democratic field in the 5th Congressional District to swear off negative ads. Elizabeth Esty demurred. Today, Donovan sent out a fundraising appeal, noting Esty’s refusal (without naming […]
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Malloy breaks 50 percent on approval rating in Yankee poll
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is above water in a new public poll that gives him a 51 percent to 46 percent approval rating, while Democrats seeking re-election or higher office this year do even better in Connecticut. A poll commissioned by the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, a conservative think tank, shows President Obama leading […]
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White House thanks Malloy for defending Obama’s contraception rule on MSNBC
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy defended the Obama administration on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” today over its requirement that faith-based employers include contraception coverage in their health coverage. “I think it’s the right rule,” Malloy said. A rarity for his chats on the program, Malloy managed to get through more than 9 minutes on camera without being […]
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Of Valentines and endorsements, trackers and silliness
Three apparent firsts today in the 2012 congressional season: two statewide constitutional officers made their first endorsements, a video tracker showed up to record an opponent’s event, and a worker for the candidate being tracked responded with sufficient childishness to become part of the story. The campaign of Elizabeth Esty dispatched a young intern with […]
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Bysiewicz lags in fundraising: $273,000 in 4Q
Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz reported today that she raised $273,000 in the last quarter of 2011 for her U.S. Senate race, the fourth straight period in which she badly trailed her chief rival for the Democratic nomination, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy. Murphy has at least doubled Bysiewicz’s financial take every quarter. On […]
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Democrats, Tuesday is the deadline to switch, if you want to vote in the GOP primary
Certain things in this life require lots of advance notice: One of them is switching parties in order to vote in a presidential primary in Connecticut. The Republican presidential primary is not until April 24, but Tuesday is the deadline for Democrats or members of any other party to switch affiliations and join the GOP, […]
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Hmm, what could Steve Fontana’s “major announcement” possibly be?
Steve Fontana, the North Haven Democratic state representative who lost in an upset in 2010, sent a press release today saying he “will make a major announcement on Monday, January 23, 2012, at 11 a.m. on the steps of Wallingford Town Hall.” A pretty good hint about the nature of the announcement is found in […]