Poor Lt. Gov Mike Fedele can’t get no respect. He was endorsed by Jodi Rell but then he kinda wasn’t, exactly. And now that he’s finally making his official announcement today, guess who’s raining on his parade?
Another one of those darn “Greenwich millionaires”! The Courant’s Rick Green that current GOP Senate seat contender Tom Foley indicated that he will make his official announcement of a run for Governor tomorrow.
Fedele will end the suspense in a speech before the Connecticut Business and Industry Association in Cromwell. Foley, technically still a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, will announce his switcheroo at the Hilton in Hartford tomorrow.
I can just see some enterprising shyster pitching a reality TV show if both Tom Foley and Ned Lamont end up being the respective candidates for Governor. “The FC” or “The Real Candidates of Fairfield County.”
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I think Foley is the odds on favorite to get the Governor endorsement due to his huge checkbook…prolly will not join public financing…and his huge DC contacts…his wife is the daughter of a major DC Republican political operative…..in addition he is consevative enough on the fiscal and social issues to warm the hearts of the Republican conservative base and still appeal to their few remaining party moderates.
So by that logic, Brucie, you’ll be backing Ned the Wonder Candidate and HIS swollen … er, bankbook, right?
Also with his issues to warm the hearts of pathetic SDS leftovers like yourself, no?
And his near-total ignorance of issues that actually matter when it comes to running a state. Not to mention his abject lack of any political experience (barring, of course, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory) … And his woeful performance as a juror! (see My Left Nutsmeg for the gory details) …
I’m hearing that Foley will not take public financing. That gives him a huge advantage and a huge head start.
I think Bruce is right, Foley could easily be the favorite in this Gov race.
What’s going on with the campaign finance lawsuit?
LMAO Redfive…at least i post in my own name ,as I have ” a pair,” to bad you dont.
BTW i was also in the Weathermen….next time RedStar, do you homework.
With regard to public financing of State Rep races, I understood that if a candidate self-finances above the $30,000 (5k + 25k)… then the state fund provides money to make up the difference for the candidate who took public financing. In other words, if I ran against the incumbent State Rep and spent $35,000 of my own money… and my Rep took public financing… then s/he’d need to raise $5,000… and the state would provide $30,000… not the usual $25,000.
Am I missing something?
My point is… if my understanding is correct… then a Foley or Lamont self-financing is irrelevant… unless Rep and Guv have different rules?
Tim, you are correct…to a point. In terms of a State Rep race, the matching state funds cease beyond (approx.) $50,000. In a gubernatorial race, a participating candidate versus a self-financing candidate would be matched up to (approx.) $2.7 million over the $3 million they receive in grant money. Therefore, a nonparticipating candidate would have to basically stake $7 million and over in order to gain an appreciable advantage against a participating candidate.
I thought the match to levels of self financing candidates was the major problem with the public funding, and why it got thrown out by the courts.
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