Donovan (D-CT) to tell press he is not quitting race

The CT Mirror ^

[matt04]

House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, intends to publicly announce tonight that he will continue as a candidate for Congress in the wake of an FBI sting that led to the arrest of his campaign fundraiser and the firing of his campaign manager last week.

Donovan's says he "will be available to make a statement" outside his campaign headquarters in Meriden, his first significant public comments since his campaign was upended Thursday by the news of the arrest of Robert Braddock Jr. on charges of concealing the source of campaign donations.

His new campaign manager, Tom Swan, declined to say if Donovan will be taking questions tonight, but he answered one key question: Asked if Donovan would announce the suspension or end of his campaign, Swan replied, "No."

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Braddock is accused of conspiring the hide the source of $20,000 in contributions from a man who claimed to be an investor interested in killing legislation that would have imposes taxes and fees on the roll-you-own cigarette business in Connecticut.

According to his arrest affidavit, the investor actually was an undercover FBI agent.

The U.S. attorney's office has not explained what led federal authorities to offer illegal contributions to Donovan's campaign for the open seat in the 5th Congressional District, nor have they commented on whether a similar attempt was made with donoations to state House Republican political action committees.

House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, said he had returned five $1,000 checks that he suspects were made with FBI sting money. He told The Mirror in a story published Friday night that the FBI told him that some of the sting money may have been contributed to the PACs.

[matt04]

Only mad they got caught.

[kneehurts]

Donovan is a total communist thug on the state labor union payroll. The sad thing about this state, which is where I live, is that he will probably win the 5th district. You would have to live here to understand how expensive it is to live here because of cretins like Donovan.

[Clintonfatigued]

If Donovan is the nominee, he loses. Sounds good to me.

[Dr. Sivana]

The sad thing about this state, which is where I live, is that he will probably win the 5th district. You would have to live here to understand how expensive it is to live here because of cretins like Donovan.

Actually, housing in Meriden is not all that expensive, because of the crime, etc. Also, keep in mind that Meriden's exceptional State Sen. Len Suzio won last time largely because of the misdeeds of his predecessor who was forced to resign upon taking his next term in office. I believe Suzio will win re-election, so there are some reasonable voters in the district.

Donovan is horrible, and as gotten away with too much for too long.

[Impy]

We better not nominate that super RINO State Senator.