The special election to fill the vacancy resulting from the recent election of Rep. David Baram, D-Bloomfield, as a probate judge will be held Jan. 9, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday. Baram won a special election for the court post. Continue Reading →
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Murphy says he’s ahead in fundraising effort for Roy Moore’s rival
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy began to try to raise money for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore’s Democratic opponent after Moore boasted last week that he had a fundraising windfall from the Washington Post story that said the former judge – as a young man in his 30s – pursued improper relationships with teenagers, including sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Washington, Chris Murphy, Doug Jones, fundraising, Luther Strange, Mitch McConnell, Roy Moore
Democrat wins special election for Backer’s seat
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Joe Gresko, a legislative press aide, won a special election Tuesday night to fill the vacancy left by the death of his friend and boss, Rep. Terry Backer, D-Stratford, said a spokesman for the House Democratic majority. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Joe Gresko, special election, Terry Backer
Joe Gresko, councilman and legislative aide, seeks Backer’s seat
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Joe Gresko, a legislative aide and recently elected Stratford councilman, will seek the Democratic nomination Tuesday night to succeed his friend, Rep. Terry Backer, D-Stratford, who died last week. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Joe Gresko, special election, Terry Backer
Malloy orders Feb. 24 special election to fill three legislative seats
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has scheduled a Feb. 24 special election to fill three vacant seats in the General Assembly. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, General Assembly, special election
Special election in July to fill vacant 122nd House seat
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A special election will be held July 22 to fill the House vacancy left by the death of Rep. Lawrence G. Miller, R-Stratford. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Lawrence G. Miller, special election
Holder-Winfield quits House, joins Senate
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Gary Holder-Winfield resigned Friday from the House of Representatives and immediately took his place in the Connecticut Senate. Holder-Winfield, a Democrat from New Haven, was elected Tuesday in a special election to succeed Toni Harp, who resigned her Senate seat after her election as mayor of New Haven. “Thank you all for coming,” Holder-Winfield told an audience of lawmakers and staff member from both chambers after taking the oath of office in the Senate. “I, strangely enough, though it would just be a couple of us here.”
In his first speech in the Senate, Holder-Winfield was brief. He thanked his wife, Natalie, and his assembled colleagues, then said, “I am done. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Gary Holder-Winfield, General Assembly, special election
Holder-Winfield crushes opponent in New Haven Senate race
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New Haven — Despite—or perhaps with the help of—a last-minute blast of negative campaign mailings by his opponent, state Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield cruised to an election victory Tuesday, winning the open 10th District state Senate seat with 76 percent of the vote. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, Gary Holder-Winfield, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, New Haven, special election, Steven Mullins, Toni Harp
Special election set for April 11 in 61st House District
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A special election will be held Friday, April 11 in East Granby, Suffield and part of Windsor to choose a successor to Rep. Elaine C. O’Brien, D-Suffield, the governor’s office announced Monday. O’Brien, who was elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2012, died Friday after a struggle with cancer. She was 58. Calling hours are Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Heritage Funeral Home, 1240 Mountain Road, West Suffield. A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 1 at Suffield High School. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Politics, 61st House District, Elaine O'Brien, special election
On the trail, the political becomes personal
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New Haven — Gary Holder-Winfield watched his mother die a slow painful death over four years in the hospital. That helped convince him to embrace a controversial bill coming up in the state legislature—to allow physicians to help terminally ill patients take their lives. Holder-Winfield, a state representative, reflected on his personal transformation on that issue as he trudged up the hills of Upper Westville Sunday afternoon. He trudged carefully. The sidewalks were treacherously icy. Continue Reading →