{"id":1540,"date":"2014-11-03T02:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/11\/03\/shakeup-in-connecticut-race-for-governor\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:41","slug":"shakeup-in-connecticut-race-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"Shakeup In Connecticut Race For Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11333,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blog.ctnews.com\\\/politics\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/02\\\/visconti-endorses-foley&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.ctnews.com\\\/politics\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/02\\\/visconti-endorses-foley&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11334,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ccdl.us\\\/component\\\/content\\\/article\\\/38-news\\\/287-2014-ccdl-candidate-endorsements&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ccdl.us\\\/component\\\/content\\\/article\\\/38-news\\\/287-2014-ccdl-candidate-endorsements&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11335,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.examiner.com\\\/article\\\/connecticut-gubernatorial-race-dividing-gun-owners-to-glee-of-progressives&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/examiner.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11336,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/25\\\/nyregion\\\/with-focus-on-gun-control-bloomberg-to-inject-17-million-into-connecticut-governors-race.html?_r=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210712135959\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2014\\\/10\\\/25\\\/nyregion\\\/with-focus-on-gun-control-bloomberg-to-inject-17-million-into-connecticut-governors-race.html?_r=0&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 03:50:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 00:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 00:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11337,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/waronguns.blogspot.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/visconti-withdraws-from-race.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251013090248\\\/https:\\\/\\\/waronguns.blogspot.com\\\/2014\\\/11\\\/visconti-withdraws-from-race.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 03:50:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 00:22:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 00:22:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nGov. Dannel Malloy (D-CT) is probably none too happy over <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ctnews.com\/politics\/2014\/11\/02\/visconti-endorses-foley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent candidate Joe Visconti dropping out of the race for governor and endorsing Republican challenger Tom Foley<\/a>. A recent Quinnipiac University poll had Foley and Malloy tied with Visconti pulling in 7 percent. However, if Visconti was out of the race, the Republican Foley moved into the lead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/%22i%20wasn%27t%20expecting%20to%20hear%20from%20him%2C%20but%20i%27m%20glad%20i%20did%2C%27%27%20foley%20said%20at%20the%20sports%20bar.%20%22i%20think%20an%20endorsement%20%E2%80%93%20bringing%20everybody%20together%20behind%20my%20candidacy%20[for]%20voting%20gov.%20malloy%20out%20of%20office%20for%20the%20record%20he%20has%20%E2%80%93%20is%20very%20important%20to%20me.%20[visconti%20has]%20made%20a%20commitment%20to%20get%20a%20message%20to%20all%20his%20supporters%20to%20vote%20for%20me.%20he%27s%20already%20out%20on%20the%20internet%20and%20social%20media%2C%20telling%20his%20supporters%20to%20vote%20for%20me.%27%27\/\">Foley described Visconti&#8217;s move and endorsement as a surprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t expecting to hear from him, but I&#8217;m glad I did,&#8221; Foley said at the sports bar. &#8220;I think an endorsement \u2013 bringing everybody together behind my candidacy [for] voting Gov. Malloy out of office for the record he has \u2013 is very important to me. [Visconti has] made a commitment to get a message to all his supporters to vote for me. He&#8217;s already out on the Internet and social media, telling his supporters to vote for me.<\/i>&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Malloy campaign characterized the withdrawal and endorsement as further proof that Foley will double down on his promise to repeal the draconian post-Newtown laws. These laws were pushed and signed by Malloy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>&#8220;Tom Foley just doubled down on his plans to repeal Connecticut&#8217;s strict smart gun law that has made our neighborhoods, our schools and our streets safer,&#8221; Malloy spokesman Mark Bergman said. &#8220;Make no mistake, Tom Foley is in the pocket of the right wing extreme gun lobby, and today&#8217;s announcement is further proof.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Foley had received the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccdl.us\/component\/content\/article\/38-news\/287-2014-ccdl-candidate-endorsements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsement of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/connecticut-gubernatorial-race-dividing-gun-owners-to-glee-of-progressives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Codrea has written extensively<\/a> on this race. He noted that many Connecticut gun rights activists wondered about Visconti&#8217;s commitment to the Second Amendment and wonder if his being in the race wasn&#8217;t just an effort to torpedo Tom Foley.<\/p>\n<p>While it comes late in the campaign and with his name remaining on the ballot, Visconti&#8217;s move may, just maybe, be enough to put Foley over the top. As it is, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/25\/nyregion\/with-focus-on-gun-control-bloomberg-to-inject-17-million-into-connecticut-governors-race.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Bloomberg has invested $1.7 million<\/a> in getting Malloy re-elected. Malloy is right up there with John Hickenlooper on the list of Democratic governors I&#8217;d like to see defeated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\nH\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/waronguns.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/visconti-withdraws-from-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Codrea<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-CT) is probably none too happy over Independent candidate Joe Visconti dropping out of the race&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2448,2449,2450,2451],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-connecticut-governors-race","tag-gov-dannel-malloy","tag-joe-visconti","tag-tom-foley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10054,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/10054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}