Less than six weeks from primaries for governor; is anyone engaged other than candidates, party insiders and political junkies? In 2010, the last time Democrats had a two-way primary race for governor, party-endorsed Dan Malloy defeated Ned Lamont. The state turnout, according to statistics posted on the Connecticut Secretary of the State website, was about […]
Entries Tagged as 'Mario Testa'
Is Lamont Nervous About Ganim? Maybe, Maybe Not–In Campaigns Appearances Matter
July 6th, 2018 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Mark Boughton·Ned Lamont
No Parking Pleasure At Beach, Lopez To City Council: Stop Being Props For Ganim Photo-ops
July 3rd, 2018 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez has stepped up on several occasions to leverage her legal might to the cause of rectifying government snafus such as parking meters and wastewater collection practices. Now a neighborhood cry has started urging her guidance to preserve a lot for Pleasure Beach parking in the East End, including an […]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·Chris Meyer·CT Post·Eneida Martinez·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Mark Anastasi·Pleasure Beach
I Am Woman–In Trumbull, Moore Savors Moment Of Endorsement Backed By New, Young Female Voices
May 22nd, 2018 · 8 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
State Senator Marilyn Moore, an establishment fighter, was in an unusual position Monday night, but one she’s savoring. For the first time she won the Democratic endorsement–and by acclamation–an acknowledgement of both her constituent popularity and a nod by politicians who had formerly opposed her, including former City Council President Tom McCarthy who challenged her […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Ashley Guadiano·Constance Vickers·Lauren Gray·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Rich Deecken·Sarah Lewis·Shante Hanks·Tom McCarthy
Inspiring? Lamont’s Ticket Toothache Includes Bysiewicz Baggage
May 17th, 2018 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
In selecting Susan Bysiewicz as his running mate, Ned Lamont takes out of the equation a key competitor to ease the dollar flow of his self-funded campaign, but looking down the road to the general election an uninspiring ticket whose combo was lanced heavily in cities the last time they each ran in Democratic primaries, […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Murphy·Dan Malloy·George Jepsen·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·New Haven Independent·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley
The Lamont-Ganim Balancing Act
May 15th, 2018 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Susan Bysiewicz has thrown in with Ned Lamont as his running mate for governor. Now what? It leaves Mayor Joe Ganim as the likely last option to avoid an August Democratic primary heading into the state convention this weekend. What will Ganim do? Depends on Lamont’s outreach to Ganim. Both of them have a balancing […]
When Mario Testa Capitalized On Democratic Convention Chaos
May 14th, 2018 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Connecticut Republicans just completed their weekend convention at Foxwoods. Up next, the Democratic convention in Hartford where Mayor Joe Ganim hopes to secure 15 percent delegate support to make the August primary ballot for governor. Failing that, he’s working Plan B: petitioning onto the ballot needing more than 15,000 certified signatures from Democratic electors, a […]
Tags: Joe Ganim·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz
Roll The Fight Tape! The Night Dems Mario Testa And Mike Rizzitelli Duked It Out At Party Convention
May 14th, 2018 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
OIB rewind: It certainly was a wild and crazy Thursday night July 27, 1989 inside the Days Hotel on Lafayette Boulevard, jammed with 500 pols, for the Democratic Town Committee endorsement for mayor and other offices. Mayor Tom Bucci was endorsed for another two-year term but in November was turned away by voters for Republican […]
Tags: Bob Keeley·Carmen Lopez·Cecil Young·Charlie Tisdale·Chris Caruso·Ed Caldwell·Jim Callahan·John Guman·Mario Testa·Mary Moran·Mike Rizzitelli·Tom Bucci
Weighing A Ganim Challenge–Does Marilyn Want Moore?
July 8th, 2018 · 50 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim’s raising money, banging phones, crashing festivals, schmoozing voters all across the state in his Runyonesque run for governor while trying to balance the duties of his elected office, something a Ned Lamont supporter who very well could be a Ganim mayoral opponent next year declares is “double-dipping” receiving a salary during his job […]
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