By CHRIS POWELL Maybe Hamden state Rep. Josh Elliott, challenging Governor Lamont’s renomination in the Democratic primary August 11, has their party perfectly figured out. Elliott speaks almost entirely of enlarging government, increasing its dependents, taxing and spending more, and giving government more power over the economy and society generally. Poll finds strong undercurrent ofContinue reading “Can Elliott make waste and fraud an issue in primary for governor?”
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Can Fazio expunge Stewart and Elliott widen his range?
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut Republicans caught a huge break last week as former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart, the leader for the party’s nomination for governor, withdrew just hours ahead of their state nominating convention, having realized that negotiating a plea bargain for the financial fraud in which she had just been exposed would interfereContinue reading “Can Fazio expunge Stewart and Elliott widen his range?”
A great candidate in theory but a disaster in practice
By CHRIS POWELL In theory Erin Stewart was a great idea for the Republican nomination for governor: not just a woman but a Republican who was elected six times consecutively as mayor of a heavily Democratic city, New Britain. She must have had something going for her. Connecticut’s age of majority is muddled by politicallyContinue reading “A great candidate in theory but a disaster in practice”
There’s plenty of guilt by association to go around in Connecticut
By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s Democratic state chairman, Danbury Mayor Roberto Alves, thinks he has discovered the decisive disqualification for the two declared candidates for next year’s Republican nomination for governor — Greenwich state Sen. Ryan Fazio and former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart — and presumably for any Republican seeking elective office in Connecticut. GetContinue reading “There’s plenty of guilt by association to go around in Connecticut”
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