Primary day in Connecticut. Looks like the rain will hold off for most of the day. And you thought you needed a canoe to make it to the polls. Primaries for governor and other statewide constitutional offices are on tap, as well as key legislative races in Bridgeport. Gubernatorial opponents Mayor Joe Ganim and Ned […]
Entries Categorized as 'City Politics'
How Many Times Have You Voted?
August 14th, 2018 · 14 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Aaron Turner·Charlie Stallworth·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Ned Lamont·Shante Hanks
After Tuesday’s Vote, How Will Dust Clear?
August 13th, 2018 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Bill Curry, two-time Democratic nominee for governor in Connecticut who twice lost to Republican John Rowland, writes “We Democrats will learn a lot about ourselves from the fates of Lamont and Ganim and Mattei and Tong. If Mattei goes down, or Ganim wins a town outside Bridgeport, it will be a sign we’re far too […]
Tags: Bill Curry·Chris Mattei·Joe Ganim·John Rowland·Ned Lamont·William Tong
More Than 1,000 Votes Cast In Bridgeport By Absentee Ballot For Tuesday Primaries
August 13th, 2018 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
If friends, neighbors, family members want to vote in Tuesday’s primaries the deadline for new or unaffiliated voters to register with a party in person with the local registrar of voters or town clerk of residence is noon Monday. You cannot switch parties to vote in a primary. That deadline has passed. Not sure where […]
Tags: Aaron Turner·Charlie Stallworth·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Ned Lamont·Shante Hanks
Medina: I’m Voting For Ned
August 13th, 2018 · 14 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Former Board of Education member and 2003 mayoral candidate Max Medina shares why he’s voting for Ned Lamont over Joe Ganim. On August 14, 2018 registered Democrats get to vote for either their endorsed nominee, Ned Lament or his challenger, Joe Ganim to be the party’s gubernatorial candidate in November’s general election. Most candidates try […]
Tags: Joe Ganim·Max Medina·Ned Lamont
Ganim Aligns With Bradley, Gomes For Turner In State Senate Contest
August 6th, 2018 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
A couple of thirty-somethings are going at it to fill the seat of retiring State Senator Ed Gomes in Connecticut’s 23rd District where Gomes hopes he’s replaced by his former administrative aide Aaron Turner and Mayor Joe Ganim, a candidate for governor, urges a vote for candidates on Line B, his line, except for party-endorsed […]
Tags: Aaron Turner·Alvin Penn·Andres Ayala·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·Margaret Morton·Maria Pereira·Ned Lamont·Sal DePiano
State Senate Forum Thursday
August 6th, 2018 · 9 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Bridgeport Generation Now will co-host a forum Thursday 7 p.m. at the University of Bridgeport’s John J. Cox Student Center featuring candidates running for the open State Senate seat in Connecticut’s 23rd District, Democratic-endorsed Dennis Bradley and primary opponent Aaron Turner, Republican-endorsed John Rodriguez and opponent Casimir Mizera. The respective party candidates square off in an […]
Tags: Aaron Turner·Casimir Mizera·Dennis Bradley·Ed Gomes·John Rodriguez
BEA Endorses Turner For State Senate
August 6th, 2018 · 6 Comments · City Politics, State Politics, Uncategorized
Bucking a sitting school board member, the Bridgeport Education Association that represents local public school teachers has endorsed 23rd District State Senate candidate Aaron Turner over Democratic endorsed Dennis Bradley in the August 14 primary. Bradley won a seat on the school board in 2015.
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Lamont Huge Statewide, Bradley Takes State Senate Primary, Stallworth Defeats Hanks In Tight Race
August 15th, 2018 · 62 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
On a night Ned Lamont crushed Mayor Joe Ganim in the Democratic primary for governor, unofficial returns show Ganim winning Bridgeport in many city precincts but Lamont taking higher tax areas such as Black Rock and the North End. Dennis Bradley is the unofficial winner over Aaron Turner for State Senate 2,989 to 2,467 while incumbent Charlie Stallworth […]
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Tags: Aaron Turner·Casimir Mizera·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Rosario·Dennis Bradley·Ethan Book·Joe Ganim·John Rodriguez·Ned Lamont·Shante Hanks