Everyone knows Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is on the November ballot, and either Tom Foley or John P. McKinney will make the cut in next week’s GOP primary. But the status of two wild cards, Jonathan Pelto and Joe Visconti, won’t be known until after Aug. 20.
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As GOP primary winds down, Malloy pushes for debates
John P. McKinney greeted Metro-North riders at dawn Tuesday, then spoke to evening commuters on WTIC-AM. Tom Foley had no public events, another sign he is looking past next week’s Republican primary with McKinney to a fall rematch with a restive Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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Watch the ads for the Connecticut governor’s race
Want to see how the candidates for governor are trying to sell themselves to you? Here are their ads.
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Foley ad promises ‘new direction,’ but offers no map
Republican Tom Foley’s new ad is a generic swipe at the “same old policies and politicians in charge,” a spot that seems to look past next week’s GOP primary for governor to the November election.
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In this Foley campaign ad, the testimonials are from 2010
Updated: August 2 Who are these working people with the Southern accents saying such nice things about Tom Foley in his latest campaign commercial? The ad doesn’t say, but at one time or another, Foley was their boss. Oh, if the spot looks familiar, it’s a rerun from his 2010 campaign.
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DGA creates CT affiliate, hires Obama team to help Malloy
The Democratic Governors Association has established its long-anticipated beachhead in Connecticut, hiring elements of President Obama’s re-election team through a week-old independent expenditure group, Connecticut Forward.
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Ten things John McKinney thinks about health care
As governor, John McKinney said, he’d side more with consumers on insurance-related matters, privatize social services and ask state employees to accept less costly health insurance. He’s critical of Obamacare, but didn’t cite any specific ways he’d change how Connecticut handles it. And he cited personal experiences in explaining his views on certain issues, including physician-assisted suicide and the need to improve patient safety in hospitals.
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Two of three pollsters agree: CT governor’s race is tight
A new GOP poll shows Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the first-term Democratic incumbent, with a one-point lead over the Republican convention-endorsed candidate, Tom Foley. It’s a return to the status quo after a non-traditional poll Monday gave Foley a 9-point lead.
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McKinney pitches middle-class tax break, less aid for poor
Republican gubernatorial contender John P. McKinney unveiled a plan Thursday to exempt all households earning less than $75,000 per year from the state income tax. But the proposal hinges on several controversial elements, including repeal of a tax credit that saves working poor families almost $120 million per year.
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Ten things Tom Foley thinks about health care
The Republican candidate for governor talks assisted suicide, the need for more mental institutions, hospital changes, Obamacare, the cost of Medicaid, and why private sector thinking could help cure the state’s health care woes.
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McKinney-Walker promise income tax cut in new commercials
With just two weeks left before the Republican primary, gubernatorial contender John P. McKinney unveiled new ads Tuesday that promise a middle-class income tax cut as the centerpiece of a new state budget-balancing plan.
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A Tom Foley press conference goes awry in Sprague
SPRAGUE – Near the gate of a doomed paper mill, Republican Tom Foley alighted from the back seat of a blue BMW sedan Tuesday to assail the economic policies of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, only to find himself in a raucous street debate with the local first selectwoman and soon-to-be jobless workers.
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Working Families Party cross-endorses Malloy, Wyman
The Democratic ticket of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman was endorsed Tuesday by the Working Families Party, whose cross-endorsement was crucial to their narrow victory in 2010.
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Not exactly a scoop, but we know the winners of these races
No, we’re not prescient. These are the legislators with no major-party opposition for re-election to the Connecticut General Assembly in 2014. It’s 42 of 151 House members and eight of 36 senators.
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GOP chutzpah? Foley asks McKinney to drop out
Three weeks from the Republican primary for governor, Tom Foley is suggesting that his rival for the nomination, Senate Minority Leader John P. McKinney, end his campaign and endorse Foley. McKinney is making his own suggestion: Foley should try engaging on the issues.