Connecticut has public funding for candidates for Governor and state legislature. On August 2, Joseph P. Ganim, a candidate for Governor in 2018 and the incumbent mayor of Bridgeport, filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the law that denies public funding if the candidate was ever convicted of certain kinds of felony. Ganim v Brandi, 3:17cv-1303.
Ganim was elected Mayor of Bridgeport in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2001. In 2003 he was convicted of felonies relating to corruption. He served seven years in prison, and was released in 2010. In 2015 he made a political comeback, running for Mayor of Bridgeport again and defeating the incumbent in the Democratic primary. Here is his Complaint. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shea, an Obama appointee. Thanks to the Center for Competitive Politics for this news.
Any ex-post facto stuff involved ???
That’s pretty embarrassing for who he beat in the primary and then the general election.
Everyone involved is an embarrassment, from the people who voted for Ganim to the corrupt politicians who voted for the public funding law. Sorry if I sound like Demo Rep with that corruption allegation, but the way Connecticut’s public funding program is set up, there just isn’t a better way to describe it.
Corrupt gerrymander HACKS in ALL State legislatures — since 1776.
Earlier corrupt gerrymander hacks in the English/Brit House of Commons from late 1200s to 1776.
Many of the gerrymander HC Hacks were controlled by super oligarchs in the Brit house of so-called lords and Brit monarchs — EG king George III in 1775-1783.
PR and AppV