Josh Nassi, a well-known figure at the state Capitol when he was a close confidante of House Speaker Christopher Donovan, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy charges in a campaign finance scandal.
Nassi, 34, was arrested last year in a high-profile FBI investigation into campaign contributions that were related to efforts by tobacco shop owners to [...]
Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s decision to nominate Republican former state Sen. Andrew Roraback as a judge on the state Superior Court could have broad political repercussions. State Republican party Chairman Jerry Labriola said he had “mixed feelings” about Roraback’s nomination to the bench. Roraback was the party’s 2012 nominee for the 5th Congressional [...]
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated 15 new Superior Court judges Thursday, including many with familiar names in the political and legal worlds.
The choices include former state Senator Andrew Roraback, one of the most prominent Republicans in the state legislature who lost a Congressional race in November to Democrat Elizabeth Esty. Roraback, 52, was seen as [...]
It was widely reported last month that billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave richly to unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate Andrew Roraback during the last cycle.
But campaign finance reports filed Tuesday show Bloomberg also funneled money to a group that heavily backed Roraback’s opponent, Democrat Elizabeth Esty.
As first reported by [...]
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will remain as the House Democratic leader, ending speculation that she might retire at the age of 72.
Pelosi made the announcement Wednesday morning after a caucus with the U.S. House Democrats. She appeared at a news conference that was televised live on CNN and MSNBC as some insiders had [...]
Chris Shays has been there.
As a battler in the electoral trenches, Shays was the last New England Republican standing in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007 and 2008. His two longtime Connecticut colleagues – Republicans Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons – had lost their reelection bids for Congress in the Democratic year of 2006.
[...]
Former U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson, who represented 5th Congressional District towns for years before losing her 2007 re-election bid to Democrat Chris Murphy, was in Torrington on Tuesday to support congressional candidate and fellow Republican Andrew Roraback.
Roraback, of Goshen, lost the 5th District seat to Democrat Elizabeth Esty, of Cheshire.
Johnson spent about an [...]
Democrat Elizabeth Esty won a nail-biter election in the 5th Congressional District as Republican Andrew Roraback conceded late Tuesday night after Democratic votes from the cities provided the margin of victory.
Esty said that super PACs had spent millions of dollars against her in an expensive, high-stakes battle that was marked by a barrage of [...]
In the tightest, most expensive U.S. House race in Connecticut this year, Democrat Elizabeth Esty defeated Republican Andrew Roraback in a close battle Tuesday night in the 41-town district.
With the polls so tight, the battle came down to turn-out on election day. Esty’s spokesman, Jeb Fain, repeatedly said that Esty had a stronger grassroots operation than Roraback [...]
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