Tag Archive for 'democrats'

Matt Lesser Nominated in 100th District

It was a dark and stormy night, but that didn’t stop the community members from coming out to the 100th House District convention in Middlefield Tuesday, where Democrats selected Matt Lesser to run against Republican Raymond Kalinowski.
I know Lesser from his long record of involvement in local politics and as a student at Wesleyan University [...]

A Barnburner Defined

A barnburner is what Roll Call is calling the race between Jim Himes and Chris Shays in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District. The article is behind a subscription wall, but the Himes Blog has an excerpt:
The one Connecticut contest that does look like a barnburner this cycle is the Shays-Himes race…..
Democrats here say that Himes [...]

Hilltop Brigade Needs YOU to Expand the Democratic Majority

Last night I went to New Haven for an informational meeting about the Hilltop Brigade. The basic idea is that they round up and coordinate volunteers from the two Connecticut congressional districts that can be considered “safe” (the 1st and 3rd), and dispatch those volunteers to the 2nd, 4th, and 5th to help elect [...]

Bullshit!

Connecticut Bob calls “Bullshit!” on an ad being run by the conservative organization Defense of Democracies. The ads are being run in congressional districts represented by Democrats, and and CT Bob cuts through the scare-mongering in his latest video:

Click here to check the original ad.

Obama Wins CT

Another victory for anti-war Democrats.