Everyone's getting a head start on the mayoral race in Waterbury, this year. From the Republican-American:
The dawn of the new year finds city Republicans pushing themselves to have a mayoral candidate in hand within the next several weeks.
That decision, combined with the expected entrance of Democratic Alderman J. Paul Vance Jr. into the race today, kicks off one of the earliest campaigns for the office in years. (Gambini)
On the Democratic side, there's Mayor Mike Jarjura, whose improbable victory as a write-in candidate made national news in 2005, who may or may not be seeking a fourth term. Alderman Paul Vance, a top vote-getter in Waterbury, is (according to the Rep-Am) going to announce his candidacy today. Former Alderman Richard Scappini and 2005 primary winner Karen Mulcahy are also mentioned as possibilities--even if Jarjura runs.
Republicans have several possible candidates, including Rep. Anthony J. D'Amelio (R-71st), Rep. Selim Noujaim (R-74th), Alderman Dennis Odle and Alderman Paul V. Ciochetti.
Waterbury is absolutely worth keeping an eye on--this could be, as I've said, the most interesting race we see in 2007.
Source
Gambini, Steve. "WATERBURY: GOP aims to get jump start on mayor's race." Waterbury Republican-American 2 January, 2007.
12 comments:
Maybe Jarjura wants to challenge Murphy?
Jarjura has far too many skeletons to run for AG.
Jarjura lacks the testicular fortitude to make a run against "his boy" Murphy. I mean, all it would take for Mayor Mike to bow out is for Smurph to walk into his office and strong-arm him with some threats of what will come if he doesn't roll over -- not unlike that second, hastily-thrown-together, "in case you missed it the first time" endorsement in the wake of that Waterbury mailer blow-out (I tried to find a link to that story from a previous posting on this blog, to no avail...sorry, folks).
The kind that turn your stomach and tread very carefully on the line of illegality.
skeletons don't matter if you play granny.
guess we're just supposed to take an anonymous posters word for it, brassboy.
Seems pretty cut and dry to me. The Republican party is dead in Waterbury. Jarjura runs - he wins. Jarjura doesn't run Vance wins.
Vance beats Jarjura if he decides to run.
"They seemed quite chummy"? How so?
Vance is running, I spoke to him yesterday.
Jarjura doesnt primary well, as we know from last time, in a primary he loses. In the general he also relies heavily on Repulican supporters, this time around the Rs run a viable candidate and Jarjura looses that core R money and voting block. Also there are alot of disgruntled Ds (Jarjuras work ethic, allegance to Rs, the Murphy issue, ect.) and we all know that old adage that ppl come out to vote against you more than they do to vote for you, so his support amongst his own party is weaning also. It will be an uphill battle for Jarjura against a viable R candidate like a D'Amelio. As far as Independents, they have no shot even with Mulcahy, her 15 mins is up. My prediction for the general election, if Jarjura runs he faces a tough one, if Vance is the D candidate he wins, either way the Rs will pick off some D and I alderman.
-wtbywonder
Valid points.
So tell me something, does Waterbury want to go down in history the way Wikipedia has it written?
It is after all a glorious old city built in the brass days, where...
"...the forces of slime meet the forces of evil"
Should the citizens of Waterbury be content with a Mayor where the best thing people have to say about him is that he has managed the city without any "major controversy" since 2001?
I personally would like a Mayor whom history will record positively.
-Erin Monda
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