By Jordan Fenster, Register Staff jfenster@nhregister.com David Moffa “stepped up to the plate” and admitted his guilt, in the words of his attorney, to conspiring to illegally funnel cash to the congressional campaign of Chris Donovan from business owners who … Continue reading
A spokesman for Chris Donovan’s 5th District congressional campaign said today that the investigation and report completed by former U.S. Attorney Stanley Twardy cost the campaign $84,000. That’s not counting the $35,000 in accounting services provided by Blum Shapiro to … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Several of Chris Donovan’s opponents called on him to resign from the 5th District congressional race in response to the news that a total of eight people have been arrested by federal authorities in connection … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Washington’s John Millington has officially jumped ship. The former Time, Inc. executive and longtime local Democratic leader will hold a fundraiser for Elizabeth Esty, and he said it was the indictment of Chris Donovan’s finance … Continue reading
Here’s some of the news relevant to the 5th District congressional race from around Connecticut. Each weekday we scour the web to find the best 5th district-related items, but if you think we missed one, send an email to jfenster@nhregister.com. … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter The attorney for a co-owner of a roll your own businesses in Waterbury says his client is not one of the unindicted co-conspirator shop owners alluded to in a federal indictment issued this week … Continue reading
Democratic 5th Congressional District candidate Elizabeth Esty said her campaign is posting $340,000 raised in the second quarter, the period between April 1 and June 30, bringing her total raised to more than $1.5 million. Esty went into the May … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster and Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporters Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan, happy with a internal report exonerating him of taking campaign contributions in exchange for swaying legislation, told reporters Thursday night he was moving on with his campaign. … Continue reading
Democratic candidate Elizabeth Esty received about $35,000 in bundled contributions through Emily’s List, about half of what she received in the previous quarter. In total, Emily’s List has bundled $122,310 in donations to Esty, according to Jen Bluestein, Emily’s List … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary and and Michelle Tuccitto-Sullo, Staff Reporters An alleged scheme to hide the identity of some donors to Chris Donovan’s 5th District congressional campaign, detailed in a federal affidavit, centers on eight checks for $2,500 each that were … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter A crowd of largely union members and supporters chanted “we want Chris” at a rally for congressional candidate Chris Donovan in Hartford Wednesday, amid the spectre of controversy that currently surrounds his campaign for the … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter HARTFORD — Embattled House Speaker Chris Donovan will be joined by supporters at a rally tonight outside the headquarters of the Connecticut Education Association as he continues to run for Congress after his campaign … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter During an appearance on WNPR’s “Where We Live,” Republican 5th Congressional District candidate Justin Bernier downplayed man-made climate change, supported Citizens United and said he thinks Connecticut wants more restrictions on abortion. Live Blog: Coverage of … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary and Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporters The Democratic State Central Committee has returned a check to a Wolcott man it believes is one of eight alleged illegal “conduit” contributions written to benefit a 5th District Congressional candidate. … Continue reading
Ctnewsjunkie reports: “Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a former prosecutor, said Monday that he has not been contacted by federal investigators regarding the roll-your-own cigarette legislation which was proposed and supported by his administration.” The legislation is at the center of … Continue reading
By Randall Beach, Staff Reporter MERIDEN – An embattled Democratic Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan Sunday said he was “sickened” by the allegations against his 5th District congressional campaign staffers but he asserted, “I have done nothing wrong.” Donovan held … Continue reading
Chris Donovan, a candidate for the 5th District Congressional seat, made a statement at 6:30 p.m. today outside his Meriden campaign headquarters. The statement comes three days after Donovan’s campaign finance director, Robert Braddock Jr., was arrested on federal campaign … Continue reading
WESTPORT — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called Saturday for state House Speaker Chris Donovan to speak to the public “sooner rather than later” concerning the allegation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that Donovan’s finance director sought to hide the source … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan will relinquish his role as state House speaker to Majority Leader Brendan Sharkey for the purposes of the upcoming special legislative session, but will remain in the office of speaker of the house, … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan will relinquish his role as state House speaker to Majority Leader Brendan Sharkey for the upcoming special session, but will remain in the office of speaker of the House, and on the campaign … Continue reading
Follow live coverage via Twitter of the Chris Donovan campaign press conference in Hartford today. The press conference came in the wake of the arrest of the campaign finance director on federal charges. 4:00 pm: Dan Roberti holds a press … Continue reading
The finance director for 5th Congressional District candidate Chris Donovan has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with “conspiracy to conceal the source of contributions to the campaign of a candidate for the United States House of Representatives,” federal … Continue reading
