FACT: Dan Malloy became Governor Dannel Malloy thanks to the Working Families Party.
When counting the Republican and Democratic Party vote, Malloy actually lost to Tom Foley by a vote of 560,874 to 540,970. That left Malloy 19,904 votes behind.
However the Working Families Party cross-endorsed Malloy and 26,308 Connecticut citizens cast their vote for Malloy on that Party’s line, which lead to Malloy a 6,400 vote victory over Foley.
Now comes the news that the political consulting firm associated with Malloy’s campaign has conducted a message testing public opinion poll to identify how to beat the Working Family Party’s Bridgeport Board of Education members and keep the Board under the control of members loyal to Mayor Bill Finch and Paul Vallas.
Talk about ungrateful…
It is not yet clear who paid for this political