The Hartford Courant editorialized recently that the saga of Chris Donovan’s run for Congress has not yet been finished. Donovan withdrew himself from the ballot last week, having been endorsed by the Working Families Party and remaining on that ballot … 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
The following editorial appeared in the Aug. 12, 2012, issue of The Register Citizen: Serious ethical questions hang over the race for Connecticut’s 5th District Congress seat as voters head to the polls on Tuesday. We’ve had months of bizarre … 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 With a week to go until the Aug. 14 primary, Republican leaders in Connecticut’s 5th District are split on the impact of a federal investigation into former Gov. John Rowland’s involvement in Lisa Wilson-Foley’s congressional … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter According to sources close to the situation, a key member of Connecticut Speaker of the House Chris Donovan’s staff is seeking a leave of absence after her actions as “legislative aide 1″ were documented … 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 Staff State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, to renew his call for a bipartisan legislative committee of inquiry to investigate allegations of misconduct related to the House speaker Chris … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter NEW HAVEN – The eighth individual identified by federal authorities in the alleged cash-for-legislative action scheme that has embroiled state House Speaker Chris Donovan’s congressional campaign was arraigned Friday in federal court. Authorities allege Daniel … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary and Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporters NEW HAVEN — Five more people Thursday pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy and election law violations in the 5th District campaign scandal involving a Waterbury smoke shop for a total of … 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
Editor’s note: This post originally contained an image that incorrectly reported that is was a photo of Josh Nassi. By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Why did a key member of Speaker of the House Chris Donovan’s legislative staff refuse to … 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
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan’s opponents took shots at the report released Thursday by lawyer Stan Twardy, saying it was narrow and incomplete, biased and pointless. Twardy’s report cleared Donovan of wrongdoing, suggesting he was not aware of … Continue reading
By Mary E. O’Leary, Staff Reporter HARTFORD — It was the same, but different. The press asked Donovan how members of the caucus on Tuesday reacted to him given the arrest of Braddock, which happened after they were out of … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter With Robert Braddock Jr. fired from Chris Donovan’s Congressional campaign following his arrest, he’s actively seeking a new finance director. Tom Swan, the campaign director hired after Joshua Nassi was fired, along with Braddock, said … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter According to some analysts, Republicans “desperately” want 5th District Democratic nominee Chris Donovan to win the August primary, making the calculation that a Donovan campaign perhaps damaged by controversy, is more vulnerable than another campaign … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter The Chris Donovan campaign had planned to hold an event with Democratic legislators this past Tuesday, but cancelled, a spokesman said, to make sure there was no appearance of conflict of interest. Chris Donovan, speaker … 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 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
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
