Connecticut Local Politics

Congressman Joe Courtney had another solid quarter in Q1. $1.2 million on hand at this point is a lot of money for a challenger to compete against. The press release is below:
Congressman Joe Courtney announced today that he has raised an estimated $272,000 in the first quarter of 2008 towards his 2008 reelection […]

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Jim Himes, challenging incumbent Congressman Chris Shays in the fourth district, continued his strong fundraising, raising over $420,000 this quarter (more than $1.3 million for the cycle). He ended the quarter with more than $1 million on hand. More than 25% of the contributions were $25 or less. According to the Himes […]

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Longtime Wilton resident Peggy Reeves announced that she will run for state representative for the 143rd District representing the Democratic Party. Echoing a national theme, she said: “I am standing here before you because I believe it is time for a change. I believe we need more leaders who are respected, honest, open and […]

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It looks like Rep. Peggy Sayers (D-Windsor Locks) will face a primary this year, as Adam Gutcheon, vice president of the Windsor school board, has announced his intention to run against her. Sayers has taken the odd approach of attacking him right off the bat:
While [Gutcheon’s] been in politics for a few years - serving […]

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Right now the biggest rift in Hartford is not the one between the Governor and the Democratic General Assembly, it’s the rift between the Democratic leadership in the House and the Senate. In talking with several Democratic legislators, they have confirmed that the conflict between Democrats in the House and Senate is preventing the […]

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This is kind of an interesting proposal–and if enacted, it would be the first in the nation. From a Senate Dems release:

State Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. (D-Brooklyn) joined State Comptroller Nancy Wyman, Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney (D-New Haven), State Senator Gary LeBeau (D-East Hartford), a small business owner, and a member of […]

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Seems like every other day there is a new report on Connecticut’s “Independent Democrat” U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman declaring he has no interest in running as a vice presidential candidate on a McCain ticket.  It’s an understandable fascination with some, considering how not so long ago, Lieberman was Al Gore’s vice presidential running mate for […]

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“It’s very disheartening because two years ago he spoke about working to get a Democrat elected president.”
-Democratic state chair Nancy DiNardo, about the possibility Sen. Joe Lieberman will attend the Republican National Convention. At least they finally took his picture down.

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And it wasn’t close. With 79% of precincts reporting, Obama is up over Clinton 59% to 41%. This was the contest that Clinton was seen as having the best shot. Clearly it was a very good weekend for Obama with next weekend also looking very favorable for him.

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Sen. Joe Lieberman, who endorsed Sen. John McCain for president and campaigned vigorously for him, will be disqualified as a superdelegate at the Democratic convention under what is informally known as the Zell Miller rule. In 2004, Miller — then a Democratic senator from Georgia — attacked Sen. John Kerry in a speech at […]

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Connecticut is allocated 60 delegates to the Democratic National Convention - 48 of which are pledged to candidates based on the result of Tuesday’s priamry (the other 12 are Super-Delegates who are free to vote for whomever they want at the Convention. TrueBlueCT helpfully provided an accounting of these delegates the other day: Obama […]

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Hillary’s making an appearance in the Nutmeg State, and now we’re getting Michelle Obama. According to the Hartford Courant, Mrs. Obama is
coming to Greenwich on Wednesday for a sold-out fundraiser at a private home whose location is not being disclosed. The maximum contribution for the “low key” event is $2,300, and the minimum is $1,000.
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UPDATE 3:39: It looks like the debate today will focus on Title I (the actual collection of data) and Title II (retroactive immunity for the telcoms) will be taken up after that, most likely tomorrow. If anything changes, look for a new post.
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UPDATE 3:17: An excerpt from Senator Dodd’s speech this morning […]

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The McCain campaign blasted an email from none other than CT’s own Joe Lieberman today. In it Lieberman explains his endorsement of John McCain calling him “no ordinary candidate.” If the email sounds familiar that’s because this is nothing more than Joe Lieberman’s best hits: digitally remastered and compiled on a three disc […]

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Looks like both of our Senators are going to be busy today. One is fighting for the Constitution, the other is on yet another quest for attention.
Hopefully we’ll have video of Dodd soon. I know he spoke not long ago on the Senate floor. I’ll do my best to keep you updated.
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