John Grosvenor Rowland is an American politician,author,former radio host,and convicted felon who served as the 86th governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004.
New Haven Coliseum was a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown New Haven,Connecticut. Construction began in 1968 and was completed in 1972. The Coliseum was officially closed on September 1,2002,by Mayor John DeStefano Jr.,and demolished by implosion on January 20,2007.
Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell is an American former politician who served as the 87th governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011. Rell also served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004 under Governor John G. Rowland,and became governor after Rowland resigned from office. She remains the most recent Republican governor of Connecticut.
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
The 2006 Connecticut gubernatorial election occurred on November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Jodi Rell became governor when John G. Rowland resigned on corruption charges in 2004. Rell had an approval rating of 70% as of October 19,2006,and polls showed her leading the Democratic nominee,New Haven mayor John DeStefano by a near 30-point margin. As expected,she won the election to a full term in a landslide. DeStefano defeated Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy in the Connecticut Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 8. As of 2023,this was the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Connecticut,and the last time any gubernatorial candidate won every county in the state.
Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut since 2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011 and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999.
John C. Daniels was an American politician who served as the mayor of New Haven,Connecticut from 1990 until 1994.
Dannel Patrick Malloy is an American politician,who served as the 88th governor of Connecticut from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he chaired the Democratic Governors Association from 2016 to 2017. On July 1,2019,he began his tenure as the Chancellor of the University of Maine System.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Connecticut was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman won his fourth and final term in the Senate,under the Connecticut for Lieberman party banner.
Martin M. Looney is an American politician. Looney,a Democrat,has been a state senator from Connecticut since 1993. From 2003 to 2014,Looney served as Majority Leader of the Senate;in 2015 he became President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
A sanctuary city is a municipality that limits or denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law.
Frank Logue was the 25th mayor of New Haven,Connecticut,serving from 1976 to 1979.
The 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the 88th Governor of Connecticut. Incumbent Republican Governor Jodi Rell had announced in a press conference in Hartford on November 9,2009,that she would not seek re-election in 2010. The sites Cook Political Report and CQ Politics both rated the election as a toss-up. This was the first open seat gubernatorial election in the state since 1994. As of 2023,this is the last time the Governor’s office in Connecticut changed partisan control.
Biagio "Ben" DiLieto was Mayor of New Haven,Connecticut,from 1980 to 1989,serving as the city's 26th mayor.
The Elm City Resident Card is an identification (ID) card used in New Haven,Connecticut in the United States. The card was originally designed to protect the estimated 10,000 to 15,000 undocumented immigrants in New Haven from being robbed or assaulted. All city residents can receive the card,which serves as a form of identification,debit card with a capacity of $150,library card,and a way to pay for parking meters. The cards were first issued in July 2007,and were the first municipal identification cards issued in the United States. The card costs $5 for children or $10 for adults.
In the United States,a cityidentification card is a form of identification card issued by a municipality,such as a city,rather than a state or federal government. Under federal law,cities may issue their own identification cards as they see fit,and do not have to consider the immigration or criminal status of an applicant before doing so. New Haven,Connecticut,issued the first municipal identification cards in the United States,the Elm City Resident Card,in 2007. On January 15,2009,the city/county of San Francisco launched the SF City ID Card,a municipal identification card program modeled after New Haven's. Other cities that issue identification cards include Asbury Park,New Jersey,and Washington,D.C.. In Mercer County,New Jersey,a community ID card is being issued by a local non-profit organization with the endorsement of various law enforcement agencies.
Juan A. Figueroa is an American consultant and political activist. He is a principal with Helene Figueroa at Soltaino Consultants,a strategic planning,applied research,advocacy and health philanthropy nonprofit consulting firm recognized for authoring an in-depth study on the health status of immigrants and refugees in the U.S. state of Missouri (2019–present).
Lubbie Harper Jr. is an American lawyer and judge who was the third African American to become a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,serving from 2011 through 2012. While seconded to the court in 2008,he cast the deciding vote in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health,a ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut. Harper also served as a justice on the Connecticut Superior Court (1997–2005) and on the Connecticut Appellate Court (2005–2011).
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Since the 1870s,mayoral elections have been held every two years to elect the mayor of New Haven,Connecticut.
