A Blowout

Perkins Wins Primary;

Will Face McLachlan

Councilman Duane Perkins won the Democratic primary over Terry Tierney yesterday. He did so by a very wide margin earning about eighty-six percent of the vote.

Perkins received 1,007 votes compared to Tierney's 159 votes. Turnout was very low, only at around ten percent.

Perkins will now face Republican Mike McLachlan in the general election.

Democratic Senate Primary

The News-Times had a nice article on the Democratic Senate primary in the paper the other day. You can read it here.

Duane Perkins was the endorsed candidate from Democrats, receiving their backing at their May convention. He currently is a member of the Common Council in Danbury representing the fifth ward. Challenging him is Terry Tierney, who had to collect over 600 signatures to force the primary. He is a real estate developer, but also a very active Democrat.

Perkins is definitely the favorite to win. He is the only one with lawn signs, and also has TV ads up. Tierney does have good name recognition in Danbury, but that might not be enough.

Based on his strength in Danbury, Tierney may actually be the better candidate to challenge Republican Mike McLachlan, who also has very good Danbury recognition. However, it appears as though Perkins will win this race, but anything is possible.

The Italian Festival

This past weekend was the annual Italian Festival. Like usual it was a good event with delicious food. It was also a time for many local candidates to show up and try to introduce themselves to the voters. I was there on both Friday and Sunday and will report on what I saw.

Friday night started out slow, but picked up by about 6:30. The place had David Cappiello for Congress balloons scattered all over the area. Also, his headquarters is located right in front of where the festival took place, so there were many signs out for him as well. Chris Murphy had no representation that night.

Cappiello himself was not there, but many Council members were. I spotted Republicans Mary Teicholz, Coleen Stanley, Shay Nagersheth, and Phil Curran. Also Democrat Fred Visconti. Others might have been there, I just didn't see them. Also walking around was Town Clerk Lori Kaback.

As for local candidates, I saw Republican State Representative Jan Giegler, who is running for a fourth term. I also spotted Republican State Senate nominee Mike McLachlan, and Terry Tierney, who is a Democrat running in a State Senate primary to see who challenges McLachlan.

As I mentioned I was not there on Saturday night, but I have heard that State Senator David Cappiello was there along with City Treasurer Dan Jowdy and Mike McLachlan. Others were probably there I just didn't hear about them.

On Sunday, the crowd was smaller, but it was also the Democrats afternoon. Congressman Chris Murphy was there along with State Representative Bob Godfrey, State Senate candidate Duane Perkins, former Mayor Gene Eriquez, and Town Committee Chairman Joe DaSilva. The Republicans in attendance were Jan Giegler, Mike McLachlan, and Dan Jowdy.

Once again, this is only what I saw and heard, other people were probably there but I just didn't see them. Just so everyone knows, I will be continuing to analyze the Danbury House races, but I will also be writing a post on the Democratic Senate primary which is next Tuesday. Stay tuned!