Democrats secure several key wins across Connecticut
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Democrats made broad gains Tuesday in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport.
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Democrats flip 29 seats in Connecticut municipal elections in what party calls historic sweep
Democrats flipped 29 seats in Connecticut’s municipal elections, with the state Democratic Party chair calling the results historic.
It's a message that Chris Anderson, the chair of the New Britain Democratic Party, believes voters in the city made loud and clear, after they not only elected State Rep. Bobby Sanchez as the 41st mayor but also made it clean sweep for Democrats across the board.
Roberto Alves was in a good mood Wednesday, celebrating his re-election as mayor of Danbury. But as he talked to reporters at the capitol, he was excited to talk about something else – Democrats flipping control in 29 cities and towns across the state.
The Vernon Democratic Town Committee was scrambling to find a candidate to challenge the town’s well liked, six-term Republican mayor, Daniel Champagne.
Progressives in Connecticut heralded Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election, as they look toward next year’s statewide elections with renewed energy. Supporters of Mamdani gathered at a party in Hamden to watch the results come in.
A day before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a landmark case against tariffs, a Connecticut toy company joined a class action.
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Democrats delivered a string of victories in municipal elections across Connecticut on Tuesday night — flipping partisan control of more than two dozen municipal governments.
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