By Matt DeRienzo, mderienzo@journalregister.com When a race is as close as last night’s vote for Connecticut 5th District Congress seat, it’s easy to point back to a number of potential factors that could have swung the outcome in favor of … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter In her first endorsement since leaving office two years ago, former Gov. M. Jodi Rell said that characterizing Andrew Roraback as anti-woman or anti-choice is “downright mean.” For Roraback’s opposition “to paint him as some … Continue reading
With weeks to go until the primary, two candidates have announced new satellite offices. Republican Justin Bernier, for example now becomes “the only candidate in the race with an office in New Milford,” according to a release. “New Milford is … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter The Service Employees International Union, the state’s largest labor union, endorsed Chris Donovan‘s bid for 5th District Congress Saturday morning at a rally in Danbury. The SEIU has 55,000 members in Connecticut, with six affiliated … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Carolyn Maloney, representative from New York’s 14th Congressional District came to Danbury Monday to endorse Dan Roberti’s bid for Congress, less than a week after Roberti’s father, Vincent Roberti, held a fundraiser for her in … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Going into Friday’s Republican convention, the remaining four 5th District Republican candidates are confident, but perhaps none more confident than Justin Bernier. “I believe that we’ll have the votes to win,” said Scott Will, Bernier’s … Continue reading
Kevin Rennie of Daily Ructions reports that Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton is supporting Lisa Wilson-Foleyin her bid for the Republican nomination for Connecticut’s 5th District Congress seat. The Wilson-Foley campaign made it official on Tuesday morning. “Lisa has proven to … Continue reading
Chris Donovan, Elizabeth Esty and Dan Roberti have dutifully been making the rounds of Democratic Town Committee meetings throughout Connecticut’s 5th District in their quest for the party’s nomination to succeed Congressman Chris Murphy. But more than half of the … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter With a bit more than two weeks to go until the party conventions, endorsements are rolling in for Connecticut 5th congressional district candidates. Recently, Democrat Elizabeth Esty announced the support of the Canton Democratic Town … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Though 10 members of the Danbury City Council have offered their endorsements to Republican 5th Congressional district candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley, Mayor Mark Boughton has not endorsed any candidate in the race, and may not. “It’s … Continue reading
Connecticut Speaker of the House Chris Donovan has opened a wide, perhaps insurmountable, lead over Elizabeth Esty and Dan Roberti in lining up delegates for the Democratic State Convention in May in their race for the party’s nomination for the … Continue reading
Lisa Wilson-Foley has been “unanimously” endorsed by the Danbury Republican Town Committee, which will be sending 22 delegates to the Connecticut Republican State Convention next month.
