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Veteran political columnist Jim Callahan assisted OIB’s election coverage. Here’s his take on the primary results: Mayor Bill Finch had a nice win over challenger Mary-Jane Foster in Tuesday’s primary. A nice, solid, win. The mayor’s forces carried 20 out of 23 precincts on the voting machines. The results demonstrate no trend against the administration. [...]
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Callahan’s Primary Post Mortem
September 28th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Jim Callahan·John Gomes·John Stafstrom·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·University of Bridgeport
Foster Concedes–Finch Wins Democratic Primary
September 27th, 2011 · 115 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch, riding the power of incumbency and the Democratic party apparatus in a low turnout, turned back a spirited challenge from Mary-Jane Foster to win the Democratic nomination for mayor. Unofficial results show Finch winning overall, including absentee ballots, by roughly 5400 to Foster’s 3800. Finch’s absentee ballot operation alone, led by Democratic Town [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Charlie Coviello·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Jeff Kohut·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·Lydia Martinez·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Santa Ayala·University of Bridgeport
Have You Voted Yet?
September 27th, 2011 · 53 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
It’s Primary Day in the state’s largest city in what has been among the wildest elections in the city’s history. Mayor Bill Finch and Mary-Jane Foster, once allies, have covered every neighborhood, faced each other in several forums, charged and counter-charged and spent record-breaking amounts in a two-way primary. It took a Superior Court judge to order [...]
Merrill’s Office To Conduct Random Checks
September 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
From CT Secretary of the State Denise Merrill Merrill: Polls are Open in Bridgeport for Democratic Municipal Primary, Go and Vote! Polls Open until 8:00 p.m., Secretary of the State’s Designees To Review Election Law Compliance at Bridgeport Polling Places Hartford: Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced that as of 6:00 a.m. today, polls [...]
Tags: Denise Merrill
Callahan: Organized Opposition Doesn’t Come Easy
September 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics, Education
BY JIM CALLAHAN You look at an election campaign hoping to find illumination on the issues of the day, and some idea from the candidates on the way forward. In Bridgeport’s mayoral primary today–not so much.
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Jim Callahan·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster
The Day After: Finch’s Win, Foster’s Guts And John Gomes’ Message
September 28th, 2011 · 65 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Considering what happened in last year’s general election, considering the court action that placed Mary-Jane Foster on the ballot, the city’s business of running elections ran relatively smooth on Tuesday. Yes, there were some glitches, but Democratic Registrar of Voters Santa Ayala is probably breathing a sigh of relief. And that’s a good thing. Too bad [...]
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Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·Ernie Newton·Jeff Kohut·John Gomes·Lydia Martinez·Mary-Jane Foster·Mitch Robles·Rick Torres·Santa Ayala·Tom McCarthy·University of Bridgeport