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Entries Tagged as 'Ned Lamont'

When To Attack A Campaign Opponent

September 11th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics

Mayor Bill Finch’s reelection operatives dropped more campaign attacks on Democratic primary opponent Mary-Jane Foster the past few days questioning in a mail piece her effectiveness as owner of the Bridgeport Bluefish and a lit drop in African American neighborhoods claiming she’s really a Republican. Foster’s husband Jack McGregor was a lifelong Republican before switching a few [...]

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Publicity At The Point Of A Finger

August 12th, 2011 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics

Be careful, or maybe not so careful, what you post on OIB. Ya never know when it might end up a story in the Connecticut Post or another media outlet. It can then take on a life of its own, or just fade away into nothing.

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Is Malloy Sending A Message By No Endorsement?

August 5th, 2011 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education

Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster was an early supporter of Dannel Malloy for governor. She supported him over Ned Lamont in the gubernatorial primary. Mayor Bill Finch, as well as Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, backed Lamont thinking his $10 million would blow out Malloy. Oops! This was after Malloy supported Finch for mayor over [...]

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OIB Poll: Mary-Jane Foster Gains Ground On Finch

July 11th, 2011 · 51 Comments · City Politics, Education

Two months from a Democratic mayoral primary, challenger Mary-Jane Foster has pulled to within seven points of Mayor Bill Finch in the latest public opinion poll of likely voters conducted by OIB.

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Malloy, Grogins Announce Brooklawn Upgrades

June 20th, 2011 · 8 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics

State Rep Auden Grogins supported Dannel Malloy over Ned Lamont in the Democratic gubernatorial primary last year. The guv is starting to deliver district goodies. In fact, most of Bridgeport’s representatives in the State House, at the urging of former Democratic Town Chair John Stafstrom, wisely supported Malloy while a majority of the city’s party establishment supported Ned. Stafstrom also happens [...]

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Handicapping The Mayoral Race: Finch In Driver’s Seat

June 13th, 2011 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, Library

Mayor Bill Finch is still the favorite to win the Democratic primary September 13 and another four-year term for mayor in the November general election. Could that change? Politics is a crazy business and anything can happen, but a new dynamic must occur for a challenger to submarine Finch based on the current field splitting [...]

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Money, Money, Money, Money; Do You Have Enough Campaign Cash To Compete? Plus: The Americo Factor

May 23rd, 2011 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics

Whew! Now that we’ve survived the end of the world (or maybe we didn’t and we’re all in heaven?), time to reminisce about the future. Anyone going to Mayor Bill Finch’s fundraiser at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn tonight? Money is the mother’s milk of campaigns and the mayor’s camp has done a nice job loading [...]

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