Labor organizer Eva Bermudez Zimmerman is shaking up Connecticut’s political landscape challenging Democratic-endorsed Susan Bysiewicz in an August primary for lieutenant governor. She has significant political support in urban areas and with progressives who know how to churn out a primary vote.
Entries Tagged as 'Susan Bysiewicz'
EVAlution Builds Support In City For Zimmerman LG Run
June 7th, 2018 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Eva Bermudez Zimmerman·Hartford Courant·Susan Bysiewicz
Does Ballot Order Matter? Intriguing Possibilities For Primaries
May 24th, 2018 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
If ballot lineups matter in Democratic primaries the August contests could show some strange configurations. A number of candidates including Mayor Joe Ganim for governor as well as contenders for state office are hustling signatures to wage primary contests.
Tags: Aaron Turner·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Mattei·Dennis Bradley·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Ned Lamont·Shante Hanks·Susan Bysiewicz·William Tong
Former Dem State Chair Declares Signature Campaign Emboldens Ganim
May 24th, 2018 · 4 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Former Democratic Party state chairman Ed Marcus, who has a close relationship with Mayor Joe Ganim and receives legal work from the city, asserts in a Hartford Courant commentary that Ganim’s gubernatorial campaign is stronger if he qualifies for an August primary via a petitioning effort rather than the convention route where he came up […]
Meanwhile, Ganim Petition Drive Presses On, “Lamont Ticket Insensitive To Diversity”
May 21st, 2018 · 2 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
News release from Ganim campaign: Bridgeport mayor and Democratic candidate for governor Joe Ganim wasted no time after the Democratic convention pressing forward with the campaign, hitting the streets of Bridgeport Sunday to continue the signature-gathering effort. Ganim also says the Democratic Party-endorsed ticket of Ned Lamont and Susan Bysiewicz is “not inclusive and insensitive […]
Ganim Comes Up Short For Primary Ballot Spot, But Petition Drive Continues To Challenge Lamont
May 19th, 2018 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim’s appeal to delegates at the Democratic party convention on Saturday came up short of the 15 percent threshold necessary to place his name on the August primary ballot to challenge party-endorsed Ned Lamont for governor. This means Ganim’s petitioning effort to make the ballot continues. Ganim needs more than 15,000 verified signatures […]
Tags: Charlie Stallworth·Chris Mattei·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Toni Harp·William Tong
Ganim: Stop The Ned Coronation
May 18th, 2018 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
There’s gonna be a royal wedding on Saturday in England. Meanwhile Mayor Joe Ganim’s determined to be a royal pain in the ass to Ned Lamont who will be coronated by delegates for the Democratic gubernatorial endorsement at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Ganim’s hoping to jawbone 15 percent delegate support on Saturday to […]
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
Ganim Leads Candidate Petition Hunt For Governor Primary, Bathroom Brawl With Ned-heads Continues
June 11th, 2018 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Tuesday is the deadline for all petitioning candidates for state office to submit signatures to the respective local registrar offices. The magic number for Democratic petitioners for governor is 15,458. For Republicans 9,081. Those numbers represent two percent of major party affiliation in Connecticut. Signature gathering is a long, hard, expensive slog. Meanwhile, Mayor Joe Ganim jiggling […]
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Tags: David Stemerman·Guy Smith·Joe Ganim·Mark Boughton·Mark Lauretti·Ned Lamont·Steve Obsitnik·Susan Bysiewicz·Tim Herbst