With one week left to primary day, thousands of absentee ballots across the state are, well, absent. City political operatives lay blame on the mail
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Category: State Politics
Brown-Moore State Senate Primary–Incumbency Versus Top-Line Mantra
In any given year on paper the Democratic primary match-up between incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore and party-endorsed City Councilman Marcus Brown would be a
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When A Taxpayer-Paid Mailer Becomes A Promotional Campaign Boost
In the old days they were called franking privileges: legislators’ taxpayer-paid mailers to communicate with constituents. Essentially they become a surrogate boost to an incumbent’s
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Book Qualifies For Public Dough In GOP State House Primary
The State Elections Enforcement Commission has approved a $27,000 public grant for the State House primary campaign of Ethan Book who’s challenging Republican-endorsed Joe Borges
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Disingenuous Bradley Rejects Public Health For Political Pandering
When Dennis Bradley was a candidate for State Senate and came up short against incumbent Ed Gomes it was yeah, baby, fire up that absentee
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Record-Breaking: More Than 6,000 Absentee Ballot Requests For August 11 Primary
Six thousand and rising. That’s the number of requests for absentee ballots in this outlier of a presidential preference primary August 11 that also includes
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Mercury Versus The Minster–Barr, Stallworth Tangle For State House Seat
On the final day a public grant could be approved before the August 11 primary, Tony Barr, the former Democratic Town Committee member, received word
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GOP Senate Candidate: Don’t Rush Police Reform In Special Session
Steve Choi, Republican candidate for State Senate in the 22nd District that includes Trumbull, Bridgeport and Monroe, issued the following statement regarding LCO 3471, An
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