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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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.
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At HQ opening, McKinney claims momentum and an omen
At the opening of his campaign headquarters, John P. McKinney had the blessing of friends, even the priest who managed his father’s first congressional campaign. He claims to have momentum, but is it enough to close on Tom Foley in the three weeks before the GOP primary for governor?
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Ad wars escalate as McKinney accuses Foley of lying
In a new television commercial, John P. McKinney hits his Republican rival, Tom Foley, for suggesting in an ad that McKinney supported tax and other policies of the Democrat both are trying to unseat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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RGA’s Christie endorses Foley, promises: ‘We’ll be here a lot.’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie jumped into Connecticut’s Republican primary for governor Monday, endorsing Tom Foley over John P. McKinney with a promise to devote his time and the GOP’s money to unseat Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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WNPR says McKinney edited its audio for attack on Foley
WNPR reported Thursday that John P. McKinney’s campaign for governor edited audio and video of Tom Foley in a misleading way for use in a television commercial. The McKinney campaign says the changes did not alter Foley’s position.
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Foley-McKinney debate echoes their TV ads
The first of two televised debates between Republicans Tom Foley and John P. McKinney was less an exploration of policy differences than an effort to define each other and the Democrat they hope to succeed, Dannel P. Malloy. Foley painted McKinney as an insider; McKinney depicted Foley as too bland, cautious and vague to lead.
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Today’s debate goals: If not a KO, then maybe a meme
American politics is replete with memorable, even game-changing moments at presidential debates. Gore sighed. Bush glanced at his watch. An elderly Reagan deflated the age issue by promising not to make an issue of his opponent’s youth and inexperience. At the gubernatorial level? Not so much.
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Foley ad takes liberties with McKinney record
Tom Foley, the Republican convention-endorsed candidate for governor, roughs up his GOP rival, John P. McKinney, in a new tit-for-tat ad that still keeps his campaign’s focus on weakening the Democratic incumbent, Dannel P. Malloy. The spot leaves the incorrect impression McKinney voted for Malloy’s tax increase.
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Foley speaks softly, so read his bumper sticker
Tom Foley travels to campaign events in a black Audi A4 with a green bumper sticker that says, “Don’t blame me, I voted for Tom Foley.” It’s cute, a little cheeky, even. But the sticker reflects a serious vibe that resonates through Foley’s second run for governor in four years.
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McKinney hits Malloy, Foley in his first TV ad
Republican John P. McKinney asserts in his first television commercial he is the only candidate targeting the size of government, a jab at his GOP rival, Tom Foley, and the Democrat they hope to unseat this fall, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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The folks who want to sell you Connecticut’s next governor
Tom Foley is sticking with his image team from 2010. John P. McKinney hired the guys who tormented Foley that year. Dannel P. Malloy’s new ad guys cut their teeth on Obama campaigns and generated buzz in the New York mayoral primary. These are the people who are going to try to sell you a governor in 2014.
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Money assured, McKinney-Walker tape first TV ad
The Republican gubernatorial ticket of John P. McKinney and his running mate, David M. Walker, said Wednesday they have qualified for $1.35 million in public financing for the GOP primary and are rushing to air a commercial produced this week.
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Common Core? Try common ground for Pelto, Visconti
Coming from the left and right, the paths of two petitioning candidates for governor, Jonathan Pelto and Joe Visconti, intersected Wednesday outside a state Board of Education meeting, where a dozen people staged a protest of the Common Core curriculum standards.