Good riddance to Jodi Rell --the worst governor in Connecticut history. Rell has been a feckless leader that ... our lives just so people would forget she was a Rowland crony. Rell stabbed legislative leaders of her own party in the back ... a damn about was her precious personal popularity points. Rell never used her substantial political capital for anything except preening herself. The only good ...

Hartford (WTNH) – Governor M. Jodi Rell announced Tuesday a comprehensive deficit mitigation plan intended to erase a shortfall of nearly $470 million in the state budget that took effect in September. The plan includes both spending cuts made under Governor Rell’s authority and cuts requiring legislative approval, further “fund sweeps” and ...

Conn. lt. gov seeks GOP nomination for governor HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele announced Wednesday that he has entered the race for governor, becoming the first Republican to formally declare his candidacy for the seat being vacated by Republican M. Jodi Rell next year. Fedele, 54, said his private-sector experience ...

... speaker hijacked the forum. His name is Michael Fedele, and he is the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Fedele, a Republican, chose to precede his remarks at the meeting by announcing his candidacy for the governor seat that Jodi Rell will vacate when her term expires ... announced his candidacy, a handler placed a “Fedele for Governor” sign at the foot of the podium. It was a made ...

... were lining up to take on Democratic Senator Chris Dodd in next year's election. Now a second member of the GOP has dropped out of that race. It all follows Governor Jodi Rell's recent decision to not seek re-election. Tom Foley, R-Candidate for CT Governor: So I am announcing today that I am a candidate for governor of this great state. read ...

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has asked the legislature to amend the state’s public funding law so that it does not discriminate for or against any candidate on the basis of the candidate’s partisan affiliation. See this story. Thanks to Joshua Van Vranken for the link. On August 27, 2009, a U.S. District Court had invalidated the law because it massively ...

... he has entered the race for governor, becoming the first Republican to formally declare his candidacy for the seat being vacated by Republican M. Jodi Rell next year. Fedele, ... Press before his official announcements in Cromwell and his hometown of Stamford. “I think as governor I can help the state get through the financial crisis.” Other Republicans have been considering throwing ...

Rell says new foreclosure mediation law helps nearly 3000 stay in homes Ridgefield Press Governor M. Jodi Rell said this afternoon that the state's foreclosure mediation program continues to help thousands of Connecticut residents avoid the loss … and more »

Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, the man who has been Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's sidekick for the past three years formally announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for governor Wednesday. The announcement came Wednesday at a Connecticut Business and Industry Association meeting of small manufacturing businesses. As he walked ...

... Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-5) Fax: 202-225-1942 Rep. Mike Coffman (R-6) Fax: 202-226-4623 Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-7) Fax: 202-225-5278 Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) 860-566-4840 State Legislature Links Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) Fax: 202-224-1083 Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) Fax: 202-224-9750 Rep. John Larson (D- ...

By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley announced Thursday he is dropping out of the crowded race to challenge U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd and running instead for the seat being vacated next year by Gov. M. Jodi Rell. In . . . Full Story

... after the state's incumbent governor Jodi Rell, pictured, announced she would not seek re-election. (CNN) – ... in his state. Instead, Foley also announced, he has decided to run governor of Connecticut. In explaining the switch, the business executive and former ... re-election," Foley said. But things changed when Gov. Jodi Rell, Connecticut's Republican executive, announced that ...

... the other big piece of gubernatorial news, the state's Republican Lt. Governor, Michael Fedele, also announced that he would seek the governorship. The leading Democratic candidate has ... race. The race became an open-seat affair when GOP Governor Jodi Rell retired last month. TX-Gov: Obviously, Governor Rick Perry and his allies in the Texas Republican Party got the news that Houston Mayor ...

... officials should have been working on making their city and state more hospitable to private development and business in general. Alas, Nutmeg State Governor Jodi Rell’s tax-raising second term has become a case study in how supposedly fiscally conservative Republicans allow themselves to get captured by entrenched bureaucracies. ...

... Drive as Private Organization Provides Toys Governor M. Jodi Rell today marked the start of the state&# ... 10 buses to and from Indiana and three buses to and from Wisconsin, the Governor said, as well as providing entertainment options such as movies and meals ... effects of this global economic crisis," Governor Rell said. "Yet I also have seen, time and again, the way the people of our state ...