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2024 Elections
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
2024 Elections
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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Trump denigrates Harris as 'lazy,' invoking a racist trope against Black people
Washington — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday called his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris “lazy," criticizing the vice president with a word long ...
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Incumbent state Rep. Anthony Nolan, D-New London, is facing Republican challenger Beloved Grace Carter in the race to represent the state’s 39th District.
SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied ...
McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential ra...
VERNON — Police are investigating a vandalism reported at a store in Vernon that sells Donald Trump merchandise.
The incident was reported to police Monday just before 3 ...
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Hundreds of motivated southeastern Connecticut residents lined up outside community centers, town halls and other polling sites across the region Monday morning to take advantage of the first day of early voting in the state.
Republican incumbent state Rep. Greg Howard and endorsed Democratic candidate Earl “Ty” Lamb, an unaffiliated voter, both cite economic concerns as central to voters in the 43rd House of Representatives district.
GREENWICH – On a hectic pace of four fundraisers in 28 hours, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz rolled into wealthy Fairfield County on Sunday evening and raised $1.8 ...
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu...
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Kamala Harris on Sunday summoned Black churchgoers to turn out at the polls and got a big assist from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied congre...
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Democrat Nick Menapace is making another bid for the 37th District seat held for four terms by state Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme.
Latrobe, Pa. — Donald Trump's campaign suggested he would begin previewing his closing argument Saturday night with Election Day barely two weeks away. But the former pre...
Voter forums in southeastern Connecticut pointed to defending democracy as the top national issue, but how that is defined depends largely on where people fall on the political spectrum.
Six-term veteran Democratic incumbent Cathy Osten faces political newcomer Republican Jason Guidone for the 10-town 19th District state Senate seat.
Raleigh, N.C. — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous w...
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Kamala Harris insisted it was time to “end the suffering” in the Middle East while Donald Trump visited one of the nation's only Muslim-majority cit...
Four candidates for state legislature answered questions posed by Norwich high school students and the League of Women Voters Thursday evening.
State Rep. Aundré Bumgardner, D-Groton, is running unopposed for re-election to the 41st House District.
This year, voters will notice a campaign finance feature providing voters with insights into the financial backers of federal candidates ahead of the 2024 elections.
U.S. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, seeking a 10th term in the Nov. 5 election, brought in $301,027 during the quarter while his Republican challenger Mike France raised $138,642.
State Rep. Christine Conley, D-Groton, and Republican challenger Susan Deane-Shinbrot are vying to represent the 40th House District.
In 2022, McCarty defeated Gauthier by just 230 votes, 5,628 to 5,398.
Letters received after Tuesday, Oct. 29 will not be published.
Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a combative interview with Fox News on Wednesday, sparring with anchor Bret Baier on immigration and shifting policy ...
Killingworth ― Mike France, Republican candidate for Congress in the 2nd District, will conduct a town hall forum here Thursday night.
The forum will be at 7 p.m. at the ...
By late afternoon Tuesday, more than 281,000 Georgia voters had already cast ballots, far more than the 136,000 voters who cast ballots on the first day of early voting in 2020
The 46th House District House race features candidates with stark ideological differences on spending issues.
A town in Massachusetts has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a “Trump 2024” sign onto the side of a municipal water tower.
Officials said...
As Native Americans across the U.S. came together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they ...
At first, he would just talk about immigrants living in the country illegally.
Make him president again, Donald Trump told his audiences, and he would make sure that undo...
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan on Monday to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energiz...
Incumbent Republican Devin Carney and Democrat Jane Wisialowski, vice chairwoman of the Old Saybrook Democratic Town Committee, are vying for the 23rd District House seat.
With slightly more than three weeks remaining before El
ection Day, both Democrats and Republicans are complaining that the other side is dodging debates that would g...
BOSTON — The Hanson town administrator is condemning a “Trump 2024” logo projected on a water tower, saying the action could “cost a significant amount of taxpayer dollar...
WASHINGTON (AP) — During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the...
The “Harris honeymoon” has ended and the presidential race is locked in a tie with just over three weeks to go before the polls close on the 2024 election, according to p...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald ...
Retired Gen. Mark A. Milley warned that former President Donald Trump is a “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country” in new comments voicing h...
Incumbent state Senator Martha Marx and her Republican challenger, Shaun Mastroianni, are competing to represent the 20th state Senate district.
We spoke with eight voters, aged 19 to 21, who attend the region’s colleges and will be casting their ballots for the first time in a presidential election in November.
Washington — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election.
“Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling t...
Republican Mike France is again challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney after falling well short in his first attempt to unseat him two years ago. Courtney is seeking a 10th term.
OPINION AND LETTERS
Sophomore Marx the better bet for the 20th District
Representing Connecticut’s 20th State Senate District in the 2025-26 term will be either a freshman or a sophomore.
The district covers Bozrah, East Lyme, New London, Ol...
Voters should use Vote411.org
I am a member of the League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut. The LWV is a 104-year-old nonpartisan organization dedicated to voter services.
One of those serv...
Return Somers to state Senate from 18th District
State Sen. Heather Somers is the sort of Republican who is fast disappearing from the ranks of party leadership. She is true to such conservative ideals as protecting bus...
The model of a state legislator
As a former state representative from the 37th House district, I am writing this letter in support of state Rep. Holly Cheeseman’s reelection.
I have closely observed Ho...
Questioning the state of politics
The Day editorial page has endorsed Kamala Harris for president three weeks before election. That figures. The Day is a liberal newspaper whose editorial page has gon...
Rep. Cheeseman a champion for tourism success
The Connecticut Tourism Coalition (CTC) has spent years working to make Connecticut a premier tourism destination. Through this group's initiatives and legislative effort...
Qualifications for town clerk office
I was the Town Clerk in Stonington for 24 years before retiring in January 2022. Prior to being Town Clerk, I was the Assistant Town Clerk for 19 years.
Sally Duplice, t...
Joe Courtney once again the best choice
Job One for each member of Congress, no matter what the issue, is being prepared to respond to unforeseen crises as well as matters visited and revisited on the campaign ...
Murphy deserves a third term in U.S. Senate
Almost 12 years ago, Chris Murphy was about to be sworn in as the youngest U.S. Senator in the 113th Congress. He had defeated Linda McMahon in what was at the time the m...
A gold-standard Congressman
What do I, as an unaffiliated voter, consider when choosing our congressional representative? My decision process is the same as an employee performance review. If the ex...
America needs a reboot
Thank you to The Day for endorsing Kamala Harris for President. The country needs a reboot, fresh ideas and bipartisan cooperation. And if you’re blaming Harris for $6 eg...
‘Tis the season for elections
As we head into the final days before our national election, I am struck with how proud I am to live in this country. While many of us are concerned with what we may beli...
Another voting choice: Working Families Party (WFP)
We want elected leaders who care about us, who hear our concerns. The two-party system leads many voters to feel disenfranchised, but here is another option for Nutmegger...
Osten the solid choice in 19th Senate District
The 10 towns of the 19th District are fortunate to be represented by an effective and pragmatic lawmaker — Sen. Cathy Osten.
First elected in 2012 and seeking a seventh t...
Courtney is what the 2nd District needs
Our service members and military families in Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District are fortunate to have Joe Courtney as their representative. And as the former mayor ...
Menapace is for working people
As a former elected union leader, I have closely followed Nick Menapace’s campaign for state Representative of the Connecticut 37th district and am impressed by his stead...
Harris is the clear choice for president
The most striking break with tradition in the 2024 election is not that the nation might elect its first female president. It is that the next president could be the firs...
Approve question to expand voting access
Two years ago, Connecticut voters approved a state constitutional amendment to permit early voting. As a result, this will be the first presidential election in state his...
The age of Biden
President Joe Biden put the good of the United States, its citizens and people in the countries who look to this nation for leadership ahead of his own ambitions when he ...
Biden should exit. Murphy, Blumenthal, Courtney should speak up
President Joe Biden has been an effective president.
More Americans than ever before have health insurance. Soon, for the first time, Medicare will be able to negotia...
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