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Irony not dead in this CT campaign finance fight

The Democratic Party is using federal campaign finance reforms co-sponsored by former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, a Republican, to challenge a subpoena issued by state elections officials investigating a GOP complaint about the re-election of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Shays said Democrats are exploiting what he says was an unintended consequence of his pushing the… Read more >

Democrats refuse to release subpoenaed Malloy campaign emails

Democrats have refused to turn over campaign emails to the state’s elections enforcement agency, which subpoenaed them as part of an investigation into Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s re-election campaign funding. State Democratic Party lawyer David Golub wrote the state Elections Enforcement Commission Monday, saying that the agency does not have jurisdiction in the matter. Hearst Connecticut… Read more >