Shawn Wooden

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloydeclined Tuesday to take a position on Bridgeport Democrats' endorsement of a felon, former state Sen.Ernest E. Newton II, as a candidate for a state Senate seat – the same office that Newton was convicted in...

Councilman Kenneth Kennedy cut to the chase Thursday night. During a city hall confirmation hearing that council President Shawn Wooden called "unprecedented," Kennedy asked why Mayor Pedro Segarra wants to be on the school board. Along with himself,...

HARTFORD — Calling it "the start of a four-year odyssey," Pedro E. Segarra was sworn in Tuesday to his first full mayoral term. Segarra, the former city council president who took over as mayor in 2010 — succeeding Eddie Perez, who was...

New Yorker Frank Giordano won the big prize at the Isle Casino and Racing Sunday night, joining Women In Distress and the Sun-Sentinel Children's Fund as happy participants in the inaugural All In For Charity Poker Tournament. Giordano outlasted about 90...

City Democrats will head to the polls Tuesday to choose six city council candidates, one mayoral candidate and a treasurer candidate. In a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a ratio of 18-to-1, the primary is a good predictor of November's...

Voters from 21 cities and towns began voting this morning to select party-endorsed candidates for the Nov. 8 election ballot. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and will close at 8 p.m. Democratic primaries will be held in Cromwell, East Hartford, Guilford,...

Mayor Pedro Segarra swept to victory Tuesday in the Democratic primary, defeating Edwin Vargas 4,137-1,506. Vargas conceded the race at 10 p.m., said his campaign manager, Jorge Cabrera. "It's one step closer to another [term]," said Segarra, who...

Democrats swept to victories Tuesday in Waterbury, New Britain, Middletown and Milford as well-organized candidates pounded away on local issues and got their voters to the polls in the state’s big cities. In Middletown, Democrat Dan Drew...

Mayor Pedro Segarra has put himself in a comfortable position as he gets ready for Thursday's Democratic nominating convention. His strongest opponent stepped aside three weeks ago in an agreement brokered by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, leaving Segarra a...

Mayor Pedro Segarra easily won the endorsement Thursday at the city's Democratic nominating convention, while the city council race was strongly contested. Segarra defeated Edwin Vargas, a member of the city's planning and zoning commission, and J....

Hartford Democrats cashiered their antiquated racial quotas for the party's city council slate last Thursday. That development — as well as more robust competition among council candidates — was the best outcome from the party's first...