As Terry Cowgill writing for CTNewsJunkie.com points out, candidates have been playing the game of guilt by association quite a bit lately, including those candidates vying for the 5th Congressional District. Elizabeth Esty, for example, has been accusing Andrew Roraback … Continue reading
Terry Cowgill, writing for CTNewsJunkie.com, suggests that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s not-so-great poll numbers are hurting 5th District candidate Elizabeth Esty. A recent Quinnipiac Poll put Malloy’s approval rating at 33 percent. That’s not good news for Esty, according to … 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
As was reported by The Day of New London, Republican 5th Congressional District candidate Andrew Roraback is predicting a closer-than-expected contest for president in the state. A Qunnipiac University poll put President Barack Obama seven points over Republican Mitt Romney, … Continue reading
In an article today, CTNewsJunkie.com quoted Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as saying, “The Ryan-Romney-Roraback plan is nothing other than to decimate the middle class. To turn back the clock. To make it harder for the middle class to move forward.” … Continue reading
As CTNewsJunkie.com reports, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said, “I think Democrats, Republicans, and Independents should support Elizabeth Esty.” With union President John Olsen encouraging Chris Donovan to withdraw from the the Working Families Party line, and the union membership voting … Continue reading
As the Hartford Courant reports, both union president John Olsen and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy are encouraging Chris Donovan to remain off November’s ballot. “He knows there’s no path to victory for him right now,” Olsen told the Courant. According … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Top Democrats in Connecticut saw a train wreck coming if Chris Donovan won the party’s nomination for 5th District Congress. But they were ready to let it happen. Gov. Dannel Malloy, Attorney General George Jepsen, … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter What was likely the most expensive congressional primary in the history of Connecticut draws to a close Tuesday as Republican and Democratic primary voters in the 5th District choose two of seven candidates to square … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter HARTFORD — State Sen. Minority Leader John McKinney Tuesday called for a bipartisan committee to investigate allegations of corruption, which he said go to the highest levels in the House speaker’s office. McKinney asked for … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Republican 5th District candidate Andrew Roraback’s first television ad cites the state senator’s opposition to the Hartford-New Britain busway project. “Endorsed Republican candidate and proven fiscal conservative Andrew Roraback fought Gov. Malloy’s record tax increase … Continue reading
People in Northwest Connecticut have talked for years about how great it would be to see Andrew Roraback run for governor or Congress. And almost every conversation we have heard was followed by one of two statements: “He probably wouldn’t … Continue reading
Andrew Roraback is up with the first TV ad of his 5th District Congress campaign. It touts his endorsement by the Republican State Convention, his record as a fiscal conservative in the Connecticut State Senate, his opposition to the New … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Connecticut’s 5th District Congress seat is slipping away from Democrats, and prominent leaders of the party are unlikely to do anything publicly to stop it from happening. The indictment of former campaign finance director Robert … Continue reading
Ctnewsjunkie.com reports that Republican state Sen. Andrew Roraback, who is running for the 5th District congressional seat, “continued a public sparring match with Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration Friday at the state Bond Commission meeting.” “Roraback expressed his concern … 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 Former gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont is supporting Chris Donovan for the 5th District congressional seat and, while he said the federal investigation into Donovan’s campaign staff, along with that into former Gov. John Rowland’s relationship … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter After 18 years and 8,929 consecutive votes, state senator and Republican 5th Congressional District candidate Andrew Roraback is leaving the state legislature. And, though he said he’s proud of every vote he’s cast, Roraback is … Continue reading
Embattled 5th District Congress candidate Chris Donovan, in a taping of WFSB TV’s “Face the State” Thursday, said he has no plans to quit the race even if his campaign’s troubles start to adversely affect other Democrats and party leaders … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Unless another shoe drops in the FBI investigation of his campaign, as one Democrat put it Monday, surprisingly little may have changed in Chris Donovan‘s prospects of becoming Connecticut’s next congressman from the 5th District. … 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
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
