Himes is working to ensure moderate Democrats win in November

Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Congressman Jim Himes gives the keynote address at the Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting inside the Crowne Plaza hotel in Stamford, Conn.

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Registration will allow you to post comments on newstimes.com and create a newstimes.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Altice USA CEO Dexter Goei, left, in May 2018 alongside U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal , in Stamford, Conn.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a Stamford protest earlier this year against proposed highway tolls, increasing gasoline taxes and a new tax on tire sales. Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst speaks during a Stamford protest earlier this year against proposed highway tolls, increasing gasoline taxes and a new tax on tire sales.

The Crowne Plaza hotel on Summer St. in Stamford, Conn. on Monday, July 9, 2018.

Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Stamford, Conn., on Monday, July 9, 2018. less Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel ... more Congressman Jim Himes, a Democrat who represents the Fourth District covering Fairfield County, gives the keynote address at The Business Council of Fairfield County's annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Stamford, Conn., on Monday, July 9, 2018.

Stamford rep shifts parties to challenge Blumenthal son

A Democratic city representative who says his party pushed him out of the race for a state House of Representatives seat - supporting instead a U.S. senator's son new to the district - is now a Republican. Anzelmo Graziosi, 46, said he switched parties out of frustration with Democrats, though he's been one for 25 years.

The Latest: Advocates: ICE not giving immigrant enough time

Advocates for an immigrant who faces deportation to Honduras despite the need for a kidney transplant say a six-month reprieve won't be long enough. Supporters, including Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy rallied Thursday evening in front of Hartford's federal building in support of Nelson Rosales Santos, who entered the country illegally 30 years ago.

The latest from the GOP convention

Most of the congressional candidates have been chosen and the schmooze-fest is on until the actual convention kicks off at around 5 p.m. In the meeting room adjacent to the main ballroom at Foxwoods, a rules battle has broken out over the 5th District nominatiog convention for the wide-open race to succeed U.S. Rep. Elzabeth Esty. Harry Arora, a Greenwich financial executive, is the man to challenge U.S. Rep Jim Himes.

Former Supreme Court justices drew roadmap for McDonald defeat

Two former state Supreme Court justices worked behind the scenes to help kill Justice Andrew J. McDonald's candidacy for chief justice, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned. From the moment Gov. Dannel P. Malloy nominated McDonald to lead the high court, C. Ian McLachlan, who served on the Supreme Court from 2009 to 2012, provided advice to Republican lawmakers on strategies to take McDonald down.

Kennedy gauges support for governor run

State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford Town Hall, Conn., Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2017. less State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford ... more State Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, the son of the late Edward M. Kennedy, during the Stamford Democrats' fundraiser celebrating what would have been John F. Kennedy's 100th birthday at the Old Stamford Town Hall, Conn., Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2017.

Capitol Buzz: N.I.M.B.Y spirit pervades proceedings

Nothing says "not in my backyard" like the Connecticut General Assembly . An hour after one committee discarded legislation Monday that would advance efforts to foster regional purchases and save towns money, a peripheral bill that would let communities fill local advisory boards and commissions outside the requirements of minority-representation stayed alive, 7-6.

Wall Street Is Making It Harder to Buy a Car

On countless occasions in recent years, the U.S. auto industry has relied on cheap and easy credit from Wall Street to get it through rough patches. With both bad loans and interest rates on the rise, financial institutions are becoming more selective in doling out credit for new-car purchases, adding to the pressure for automakers already up against the wall with sliding sales, swelling inventories and a used-car glut.

Blumenthal’s former firm remembers – a brilliant lawyer’

Richard Silver, senior partner at senior partner of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, is a founding memeber of the personal injury firm where U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal practiced before getting the nod for Attorney General. less Richard Silver, senior partner at senior partner of Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, is a founding memeber of the personal injury firm where U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal practiced before getting the nod for ... more Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal before the start of the second day of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, March 21, 2017.

Michael Skakel murder case: Connecticut court reinstates conviction

NOVEMBER 21: Kennedy relative Michael Skakel walks out of a Stamford, Connecticut courthouse after his murder conviction in the death of Martha Moxley was vacated last month when a judge decided he did not receive adequate representation in his 2002 trial on November 21, 2013 in Stamford, Connecticut. Skakel, who was set free on a bail of $1.2 million, was convicted of the 1975 murder of a neighbor and will now face a new trial.