The outreach, gestures and favors are not.īronin, Tong and Scanlon engage in similar activities, but Bysiewicz has been doing it longer and, by many accounts, with more intensity. The CT House passed legislation that allows municipalities to levy penalties against people who _.ĭo you know the answer? Play this week's news quiz to find out. Bysiewicz performed the same ceremony on Tuesday in Griswold and East Windsor. (Scanlon’s PAC gave him $250 in September, and Tong followed with $500 in October.)ĭennler said he was happy to accept when Bysiewicz offered to swear him in last weekend. It was one of 29 maximum $1,500 contributions her PAC made. In April, Bysiewicz’s PAC gave $1,500 to Bernie Dennler, an early boost to a young Democrat who would unseat a Republican first selectman in Colchester. Scanlon’s Sound CT PAC spent $15,750, all of it contributions to candidates or Democratic committees. Bronin’s Capital City spent $55,950, with $22,200 in contributions. In 2023, Tong’s committee, Firewall PAC, spent $85,565, with $45,575 in contributions. The others have longstanding PACs but have not contributed nearly as much money. I am proud to invest in candidates,” Bysiewicz said. “I have been very active in making sure our party does very well. She created a political action committee in March, the Power of Women PAC, that raised nearly $140,000 and spent $90,000 - all but $6,000 in contributions to local town committees and candidates for municipal office. All four campaigned for municipal candidates this year, often crossing paths. “And I don’t know why anybody would not be encouraging him to run for a third term.”Īside from seeking commitments, Bysiewicz is helping herself by helping others, a strategy as old as politics. “We have a governor doing a great job,” Scanlon said. “He should get as much time as he wants to decide if he wants to run again, and there’s no reason anyone should feel any pressure to commit to anyone else this far out.”

“We have one of the most popular governors in the country,” Bronin said. He has every right and prerogative to decide what he’s going to do first, before anybody does anything.” “I feel like everybody needs to calm down and hold their horses,” Tong said.

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