Marie Kirkley-Bey is quoted in the Courant as speaking the above words to describe her victory in yesterday’s primary. She defeated opponent Abe Giles, best known for being that guy involved in a trash-hauling scandal.
Don’t assume that the slightly-more rational choices for candidates all won in the primary. Despite the Hartford Police Department’s release of documents showing a complaint had been filed against Hector Robles–a cop being accused of misusing his authority–voters of the Democrat persuasion selected him over Carmen Sierra for a General Assembly seat by a difference of 102* votes. Here’s to hoping that he is successfully challenged by a Republican or Third-Party candidate in November who is actually on the up-and-up.
The full list of primary results is here, and eventually will be here.
*A final tally was released after I posted this, changing the numbers slightly. To see those results, go here.