Posts Tagged ‘Connecticut’
CT: Republican Running for Secretary of State
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:25 Written by rslcpol Friday, 19 March 2010 10:53
From Courant.com:
Corey Brinson, 30, of Bloomfield, is running for secretary of the state.
The Republican owns and practices law at Corey J. Brinson LLC in Hartford. He served in the Connecticut Air National Guard until he was honorably discharged in 2004.
Brinson has both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a law degree from the University of Connecticut.
This is his first time running for political office, but he has led several organizations. Gov. M. Jodi Rell appointed Brinson as a commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in 2006.
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CT: Lt. Governor Campaign Calls for Hiring Freeze
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:25 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 18 March 2010 09:24
From CTPost.com:
Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele vowed Wednesday to make “the hard decisions” if he’s elected governor this fall and impose four-year hiring and spending freezes to cover Connecticut’s budget deficits and make government more affordable.
Fedele unveiled a multi-pronged, detailed proposal that calls for restructuring state employee pensions, salaries, health care benefits and work schedules; merging state agencies; restricting state borrowing to only essential programs for two years; and limiting state funding of local school construction projects.
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CT: Republican Attorney Kicks off Bid for AG
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:33 Written by rslcpol Monday, 15 March 2010 12:36
From CTpost.com:
Avon attorney Martha Dean is kicking off her bid for the Republican nomination for Connecticut attorney general.
Dean was the GOP’s nominee in 2002, when she waged an unsuccessful challenge of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Blumenthal is now seeking his party’s nomination for U.S. Senate, hoping to fill the seat being vacated by Sen. Chris Dodd.
Dean will announce her campaign platform Tuesday at the state Capitol. She says she will work to make the state competitive and prosperous.
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CT: Democrat Secretary of State Kept 36k Person Political Database at Taxpayers Expense
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:38 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:11
From Courant.com:
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s politically oriented entries in her office’s 36,000-name constituent database drew criticism Wednesday from Democratic rivals, one of whom said she should make a public apology, and from Republican State Chairman Chris Healy, who called the entries “a political intelligence file for her own use … paid for by the taxpayers.”
The criticism came after The Courant’s disclosure Wednesday that the taxpayer-funded database contains thousands of what are labeled “special notes” on people’s political connections and personal characteristics, including some medical conditions. It also has a category headed “Ethnicity,” which identifies 2,431 people as either Jewish, Greek, Polish, African American, Hispanic or Native American.
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CT: Republican Joins AG Race
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:42 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 March 2010 11:11
From CTpost.com:
DANBURY — A former attorney general candidate has joined the list of Republicans seeking the party’s nomination for the post.
Martha Dean, the Republican nominee in the attorney general race eight years ago, announced this week that she has registered a candidate committee for the race. She’s the first Republican in the state to form such a committee.
“Connecticut needs to go in a very different direction,” Dean said Thursday. “The state of Connecticut is entering a full-blown crisis. We can tread water and be swept over the falls, only to be crushed by rocks, or we can take the emergency measures that are needed now.”
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Special Election Win in CT: Republican Laura Hoydick headed to State Legislature
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:45 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 3 March 2010 03:47
From Courant.com:
Republican Laura Hoydick is the newest member of the state legislature.
She won a special election Tuesday night in Stratford, and she will be filling the seat once held by former Rep. John A. Harkins.
Harkins, a state lawmaker since 1997 and the former House Republican caucus chairman, won the race as Stratford’s mayor and stepped down as a legislator.
“Laura’s victory echoes the message that has resonated throughout town halls and forums across our state,” said Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele of Stamford. “The change that has been promised for all too long has yet to come. That change will come from restoring the balance of power in Hartford. That message is loud and clear, and it’s time for the Democrat majority to start listening.”
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CT: Republican State Senator Considers Run for AG
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:50 Written by rslcpol Monday, 1 March 2010 02:17
From Courant.com:
Roraback, of Goshen, filed papers with state elections officials for an exploratory effort over the next month or so to decide whether he will seek the office being vacated after the November election by Democrat Richard Blumenthal, who is running for U.S. Senate.
Republican John Pavia of Easton, a corporate lawyer and an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University, preceded Roraback in filing papers toward running for attorney general. Three Democrats have declared an interest: Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz, former state Sen. George Jepsen of Stamford and state Rep. Cameron Staples of New Haven.
AdvertisementRoraback said he loves his job as a state senator and will deliberate carefully before any decision to give it up and seek higher office.
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CT: Republicans to Intervene in Democrat Secretary of State’s Eligibility Lawsuit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:55 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 25 February 2010 02:41
From Courant.com:
The state’s Republican Party has hired a lawyer to challenge Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz in the lawsuit she filed last week to seek a “declaratory ruling” that she is eligible to run for state attorney general.
The Republican State Central Committee Tuesday night authorized GOP State Chairman Chris Healy to hire a prominent Hartford attorney, Eliot B. Gersten, to intervene in the lawsuit.
The move raises the possibility that Bysiewicz’s legal qualifications will be aired prominently in a court hearing. She could face the unusual prospect, as a statewide elected official, of having to testify under oath about how she has spent her time in her 11 years in office.
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CT: AG Asks Court to look into Eligibility of Dem’s Attorney General Run
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:07 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 18 February 2010 02:39
From NewsTimes.com:
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz plans to ask a Hartford Superior Court judge to confirm she’s eligible to run for state attorney general.
The Democrat has scheduled a news conference this morning to discuss her plans.
David Mason, a campaign spokesman, says Bysiewicz will seek the ruling as an individual, not as the secretary of the state, and will cover the legal expenses.
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CT: Dem Secretary of State Running for Attorney General; Seeks ruling on her Eligibility
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:08 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 18 February 2010 02:26
From Capitol Watch Blog:
Despite incorrect Internet speculation to the contrary, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is not dropping out of the race for attorney general.
Instead, she is holding a press conference Thursday morning with one of the top lawyers in the state, Wesley Horton.
Bysiewicz will be seeking a legal ruling in state Superior Court in Hartford over whether she has the requisite 10 years of active legal practice in Connecticut, which is the legal requirement to become attorney general.
Horton, who is known for the famous Horton vs. Meskill public school funding case, will host the press conference at his Hartford office – and will be joined by the state Democratic Party chairwoman, Nancy DiNardo.
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