The deadline for petitioning candidates to submit signatures to the Registrar’s Office was Wednesday at 4 p.m. It looks like nine Democratic primaries in ten City Council districts. Elections officials are still reviewing some challenger petition sheets for certification, so additional names could be added but here’s a look so far. First two names party endorsed […]
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You Like Primaries? You Got ‘Em
August 10th, 2017 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·Anderson Ayala·Anne Pappas Phillips·Bob Keeley·Chaila Robinson·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dennis Scinto·Eneida Martinez·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Ernie Newton·Hector Diaz·Helen Losak·Hernan Illingworth·Jack Banta·Jessica Martinez·Jim Holloway·JoAnn Kennedy·Jose Casco·Kyle Langan·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano·Milta Feliciano·Pete Spain·Rowan Kane·Scott Burns·Wanda Simmons
Dems Endorse Municipal Candidates, City Council Primaries Loom
July 24th, 2017 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Get set for a bunch of primaries for City Council, possibly 9 of 10 districts. The Democratic Town Committee Monday night at Testo’s Restaurant endorsed candidates for Board of Education, city sheriff and the 10 districts encompassing the legislative body on a day its leader Tom McCarthy announced he’s not seeking reelection to his seat in […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anderson Ayala·Bob Keeley·Chaila Robinson·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dennis Scinto·Eneida Martinez-Walker·Ernie Newton·Hector Diaz·Hernan Illingworth·Jack Banta·Jessica Martinez·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Weldon·Jose Casco·Kevin McSpirit·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano·Mario Testa·Michelle Lyons·Milta Feliciano·Pete Spain·Ralph Ford·Testo's Restaurant·Tom McCarthy
Democratic Political Leadership Shows Male-Dominated Gender Gap
March 21st, 2016 · 49 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Bridgeport’s Democratic Party is looking for a few good women in district leadership positions. On March 14, Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, backed by Mayor Joe Ganim, overwhelmingly won another two-year term as party leader. On the same night the respective members of the 10-district, 90-strong DTC also announced district leaders. All of them are […]
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Finger Politics! Piranha Power Sweeps To Democratic Town Committee Victory
March 2nd, 2016 · 80 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, Bridgeport’s self-described establishment fighting piranha of politics, reasserted her voter strength in the Upper East Side leading a slate of nine candidates to a sweep in the Democratic Town Committee primary in the 138th District, according to unofficial returns. Tuesday was a night of sweeps in two other districts as […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gil Hernandez·Jessica Martinez·John Olson·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Mario Testa
The Race For Tuesday’s Cricket Vote
February 29th, 2016 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
By the time polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. for Democratic Town Committee primaries in three districts, about 700 electors will have cast votes by absentee ballot which could ensure that more votes will be cast that way in some precincts than actual electors showing up to the polls. That noise you just heard in […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Bill Finch·Bob Halstead·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gabrielle Parisi·Gil Hernandez·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·John Olson·John Ricci·Leticia Colon·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Mario Testa·Martha Santiago·Tyreke Bird
Town Committee Wars–The I, Me, Mine Of Politics (Absentee Ballots Too)
February 24th, 2016 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
More than 1,000 absentee ballots have been mailed by elections officials in three of 10 Democratic Town Committee districts competing in Tuesday’s primary with 27 seats up for grabs. This is as retail as retail can get when it comes to identifying voters and dragging them out. In these low-turnout primaries that may not hit 10 […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Bob Halstead·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gabrielle Parisi·Gil Hernandez·Howard Gardner·Jessica Martinez·John Olson·John Ricci·Leticia Colon·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Martha Santiago·Tyreke Bird
No School Board Primary, Challenge Slate Petition Signatures Fall Short
August 12th, 2017 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
A slate of JoAnn Kennedy, Helen Losak and Eric Stewart-Alicea fell short of the signatures required to wage a citywide Democratic primary for Board of Education. They needed more than 2200 certified signatures from registered Democrats in the city. That means party-endorsed Jessica Martinez, Chaila Robinson and Hernan Illingworth move on to the general election.
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