Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday qualified for the August 14 primary ballot for governor to challenge Democratic endorsed Ned Lamont, according to the Connecticut Secretary of the State’s Office. Ganim becomes the first Democrat to make the ballot via a signature process for governor since Connecticut approved a direct primary process about 15 years ago.
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Ganim Qualifies For Gubernatorial Primary Ballot To Challenge Lamont
June 19th, 2018 · 20 Comments · State Politics, Uncategorized
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Ganim: Trump As Immoral A President We Have Seen In This Country
June 19th, 2018 · 41 Comments · Analysis and Comment, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Shortly after Donald Trump’s presidential election, Mayor Joe Ganim declared “Give him a chance to take a deep breath and, I hope, come out with reassurances that the extreme part of his campaign was left behind. My sense is, you’ve got a good man there”. Joe has changed his tune for the gubernatorial campaign trail, calling […]
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Lamont: Stop Horrific Separation Of Children
June 19th, 2018 · 18 Comments · National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Statement from Ned Lamont: “Seeking asylum and a better life in America is not a crime. As Governor, I will welcome refugees and immigrants and I support policy of not deploying Connecticut’s military to the U.S. border. But that is not enough. As citizens of Connecticut and a country that is founded on immigration, we […]
Campaign Lesson–Taking “Teacher” To Task
June 18th, 2018 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Fact-checking is standard operating procedure in campaigns. How much latitude does a candidate take burnishing a resume? Mayor Joe Ganim, running for governor, has received an assist from Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson rebutting Democratic-endorsed Ned Lamont’s claim he was a “teacher” at Harding High School more than a decade ago.
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Ganim Moves Closer To Ballot Approval
June 16th, 2018 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim is moving closer to officially qualifying for the August primary ballot for governor. On Friday the Office of the Connecticut Secretary of the State reported Ganim has 11,295 verified signatures from Democratic electors in Connecticut of 15,458 required to challenge party-endorsed Ned Lamont for governor. On Friday the Ganim campaign thanked political […]
Lamont: Tolls For Trucks
June 16th, 2018 · 11 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
From Ken Dixon, CT Post: Ned Lamont, the Democrats’ endorsed candidate for governor, has been pitching the idea of highway tolls–but only for trucks–as a way to raise the kind of revenue that could help pull Connecticut out of its budgetary death spiral.
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Lamont’s Urban Challenge, Connecting With Voters
June 15th, 2018 · 14 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Cordial, decent, smart, successful. Those are observations some voters express about wealthy Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont, the Democratic-endorsed candidate for governor. But does he connect with voters, more specifically in urban areas? Lamont has advantages over Mayor Joe Ganim presuming he qualifies for an August primary against Lamont. Campaigns are all about contrasts and in urban […]
The Ganim-Lamont Matchup, Does Joe Have A Puncher’s Chance?
June 21st, 2018 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics, Uncategorized
Joe Ganim is on the August 14 Democratic primary ballot for governor. Now what? He must set forth ideas for the future so voters don’t focus on his past. Easier said than done.
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