On May 17, the Connecticut Democratic Party nominated Bonnie E. Troy for Assembly, 135th district. Troy is a registered Green and has already obtained the Green Party’s nomination for the same seat. See this story. Connecticut permits two parties to jointly nominate the same candidate. Because Troy has now received the Democratic nomination, she can fairly easily qualify for public funding.
The 135th district is in Fairfield County, and includes the towns of Easton, Redding, and Weston. In the same seat in 2014, the Democratic Party did not run anyone. The incumbent Republican in 2014, John Shaban, was re-elected that year with 5,578 votes. Troy was the Green Party nominee in 2014 as well, and she received 1,287 votes. In 2016, Assemblymembeer Shaban is not running for re-election, and the Republican nominee will be Adam Dunsby. Thanks to Green Party Watch for this news. It is believed that this is the first time either major party in Connecticut has ever nominated a Green Party nominee, at least for such an important office as legislature.
How much pressure by the national Donkeys/Elephants to WIPE OUT fusion stuff in ALL States ???
There have been municipal Greens nominated by the Democrats in several cases: CT Democratic party rules do not require that nominees be a member of their party, though the CT Green party rules DO require that nominees be a member of their party. So, while Green fusion is limited, there are a number of other minor parties that actively participate in fusion nominations.