Primaries are different animals than higher turnout general elections. I preach often that campaigns are all about dear ol’ MOM–money, organization and message. When it comes to
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Newton Appeals To Ministers To Intervene In Race Baiting
Former State Senator Ernie Newton likes to say all saints have a past, all sinners a future. Newton is rebuilding his life after several years of
Read moreExamining The Election Horseshoe
Four weeks from today, assuming local election officials certify Mary-Jane Foster’s petition signatures for ballot approval, roughly 43,000 city Democrats have a choice to make:
Read moreExamining The Mayoral Pool, Plus: Himes V. Debicella Heats Up
What a crazy week. I thought the momentum was with Dan Malloy heading into Tuesday and victory at hand with a low turnout, but never
Read moreMoses To Part Halfway House, Mayor Begins Mending Process
Former State Senator Ernie Newton will officially become a free man Friday morning when he signs out of a halfway house in Waterbury. The Moses
Read moreHoly Habanero, Things Heating Up
Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may
Read moreThe Bridgeport Connections, Sizing Up Malloy-Lamont Fight, Plus: Mayor’s Community Forum
Three weeks to Tsunami Tuesday and counting. The state’s largest city is a player in the Democratic gubernatorial primary battle between Dan Malloy and Ned
Read moreWho’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot
An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor. Ned Lamont received the backing of the
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