State Senator Marilyn Moore, fighting the top-line Joe Biden wave, has held off a primary charge by City Councilman Marcus Brown in the city-suburban 22nd
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Category: State Politics
Early Returns: Brown And Moore In Tight Battle For State Senate
Strap in. Gonna be a long night’s journey into several days. City Councilman Marcus Brown and incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore are in a virtual
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Lamont Order Extends Primary Vote Count Two Days, City Absentee Voters Top Record
Through rain, sleet, snow, dark of night, a snarly health pandemic called Covid and a hairy monster named Isaias, democracy prevails. Governor Ned Lamont on Monday
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Covid Campaigning In Primary Races Nears End, Absentee Ballot Voting Swells
One of the kookiest primary election cycles in history comes to a close Tuesday when eligible city electors, nearly 3,000 of which have voted by
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Election Officials Brace For Surge Of Absentee Ballots After Mail House Delays
Just days from Tuesday’s Covid-delayed preference primaries for president including four legislative races in Bridgeport, a modest 937 absentee ballots from Democrats citywide have been
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Botched Ballots–State’s Mail House Screw-Up Suppresses Primary Voters
With one week left to primary day, thousands of absentee ballots across the state are, well, absent. City political operatives lay blame on the mail
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Brown-Moore State Senate Primary–Incumbency Versus Top-Line Mantra
In any given year on paper the Democratic primary match-up between incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore and party-endorsed City Councilman Marcus Brown would be a
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When A Taxpayer-Paid Mailer Becomes A Promotional Campaign Boost
In the old days they were called franking privileges: legislators’ taxpayer-paid mailers to communicate with constituents. Essentially they become a surrogate boost to an incumbent’s
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