Unofficial results posted on the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s website shows that Mayor Joe Ganim has increased his lead over primary opponent John Gomes
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Category: City Politics
For Ganim, A Sobering Outcome
A win is a win is a win, right? Mayor Joe Ganim’s unofficial primary win, his second consecutive reelection scare, comes certainly with sobering numbers.
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Gomes Opens Up Lead On Ganim With Walk-In Votes, Awaiting Absentee Ballots
John Gomes has roughly a 500 vote lead on Mayor Joe Ganim, according to early unofficial returns, not including absentee ballots. This one will be
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Primary Vote Turnout Thin At Midway Point
At the midway point of the Democratic primary for mayor, voting turnout across city precincts is anemic, even in the traditionally higher voting areas such
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It’s Get-Out-The-Vote Time
Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Attorney General William Tong and State Comptroller Sean Scanlon were among the state constitutional officers that attended a rally Sunday night
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CT Post Editorial Page Chief Hugh Bailey Gets It Right
I wrote this when the Connecticut Post wrote that. Readers offline emailed me, maybe you’re a bit strident? Others wrote, it’s about time. I don’t
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Pereira’s AB Break-In Undercuts Gomes Campaign Narrative – Police Pereira Probe Underway
On Thursday morning City Councilwoman Maria Pereira, a supporter of mayoral candidate John Gomes, breached the vacated home of an elderly woman in search of
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Which John Gomes Do You Prefer, “Hatchet Man” Or City Hall Man?
Down to the wire, campaigns focus on contrasts and a thousand other things to put a candidate over the top, mail pieces in the last
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