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:
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Examining 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
Read morePrimary Grease, Coulter Eye-Gouges McMahon And Hennessy’s Proof
Two months away from Tsunami Tuesday. For political junkies like me, it’s heaven. Who’s your pony in the various primaries for congress, governor and other state seats? Republicans
Read moreThese Pols Are Popular, Plus: Lamont’s Jobs Plan
I got my mitts on a list of the 77 Bridgeport delegates to the state Democratic Party convention in May when donkeys will endorse candidates for constitutional offices
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