It’s now official, Democratic primaries will take place September 12 in 9 of 10 City Council districts. On Wednesday Democratic Registrar Santa Ayala submitted to the Town Clerk’s Office the certified petitions of qualified challengers. Elections officials had spent the past week reviewing the petition sheet signatures of candidates following last Wednesday’s 4 p.m. deadline […]
Entries Tagged as 'Santa Ayala'
Official Ballot Qualifiers For Sept. 12 Democratic Primary
August 16th, 2017 · 3 Comments · City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·Anne Pappas Phillips·Anthony Paoletto·Bob Keeley·Christina Smith·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Hector Diaz·Jack Banta·Jim Holloway·Jose Casco·Kyle Langan·M. Evette Brantley·Marcus Brown·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano·Mary McBride-Lee·Milta Feliciano·Nessah Smith·Pete Spain·Rolanda Smith·Rowan Kane·Santa Ayala·Scott Burns·Wanda Simmons
Examine Tuesday’s Election Results
November 11th, 2016 · 3 Comments · City Politics, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
The Connecticut Secretary of the State’s website is now loaded with statistics from Tuesday’s presidential election, see here. For readers who enjoy keeping score–always nice to examine who ran ahead of others for bragging rights–we’ve shared some numbers below, but some comparisons are difficult due to neighborhood demographic differences. The best comparisons are citywide or […]
Tags: Andre Baker·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Rosario·Dick Blumenthal·Donald Trump·Ed Gomes·Ezequiel Santiago·Hillary Clinton·Jack Hennessy·Jim Himes·Marilyn Moore·Mike Garrett·Rosa Correa·Santa Ayala·Steve Stafstrom
Three’s A Crowd In Registrar’s Office?
August 29th, 2016 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Long-time city activist and registered Republican Rosa Correa says she’s running as a petitioning candidate for the Office of Registrar of Voters to “awaken” disconnected GOP electors to participate in the election process. Gee, counters Republican Town Chairman Michael Garrett, Correa hasn’t even participated in recent Republican campaigns and has often been a friend to Democrats.
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Denise Merrill·Enrique Torres·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Mike Garrett·Rosa Correa·Santa Ayala
Peaceful Easy Feeling For Dem State House Endorsements
May 19th, 2016 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Boring! No fights. No arguments. No mud slinging. Democratic party regulars Thursday night at Testo’s Restaurant endorsed candidates for State House in a love fest convention by city political standards. The party convention that started at 6 p.m. ended before 7. But stay tuned for a couple of likely August primaries.
Tags: Andre Baker·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Rosario·Ezequiel Santiago·Jack Hennessy·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Santa Ayala·Steve Stafstrom·Testo's Restaurant
No Checks And Balances For Campaign Checkers
October 31st, 2015 · 33 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The Secretary of the State’s Office has turned down a request from Mary-Jane Foster’s campaign to proactively send observers to the polls for Tuesday’s heated mayoral showdown with Joseph Ganim.
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Denise Merrill·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Santa Ayala
Will AB Flex Materialize?
September 14th, 2015 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
The absentee ballot chaos involving charges, counter charges, complaints filed with state and federal agencies appears to have an impact on the number of returned ballots to the Town Clerk’s Office. As of Monday afternoon about 900 ballots had been received by the office out of about 2,700 processed. Two more days are available for […]
Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Santa Ayala
Tit For Tat: Ganim Campaign Files Federal Complaint Against Finch Campaign
September 11th, 2015 · 67 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Law Enforcement, News and Events
And the political drum beat goes on … you file a complaint, we file a complaint. A legal representative of Joe Ganim’s campaign has filed a complaint with federal authorities charging that political operatives of Mayor Bill Finch leveraged connections with the election division of state government that usurped the authority of the Bridgeport Registrar […]
Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Chris Meyer·Joe Ganim·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Maryli Secrest·Santa Ayala
How Does President-Elect Trump Sound?
November 9th, 2016 · 48 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
A schizophrenic presidential election has come to a close with some national surprises at the polls. Hillary Clinton is leading in the national popular vote, but now President-elect Donald Trump performed strong in traditionally Democratic rust belt states responding to his populist economic message to eclipse the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency. Clinton […]
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Tags: Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Jim Himes·Rosa Correa·Santa Ayala