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Testimony in Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski’s effort to remove the Independent Party’s candidate from the ballot ended Thursday without Stefanowski taking the stand. Hartford Superior Court Judge Cesar A. Noble said he will render a decision by Sept. 15 in time for ballots to be finalized. At issue is whether the party violated its bylaws in nominating Rob Hotaling rather than Stefanowski.

Republican candidate for governor Bob Stefanowski is suing the Independent Party to get a candidate off the ballot.

Lamont will become the first governor in more than a century to have three ballot lines.

Stefanowski pledged to eliminate 200 different fees that generate only 0.22% of state revenues.

In hiring a firefighter and grassroots organizer Patrick Sasser to lead his campaign, experts say Bob Stefanowski is likely to become more aggressive on the campaign trail.

After nearly five years of running or planning to run for governor, Stefanowski ought to know what he wants to tell Connecticut voters and how to deliver the message.

Rob Hotaling won the gubernatorial nomination of the Independent Party on a contested tie-breaking vote Tuesday night that denied Republican Bob Stefanowski a cross endorsement and second line on the November ballot. Hotaling, a bank vice president endorsed by the minor party’s state central committee, and Stefanowski were locked in a 79-79 tie when the party’s chairman, Mike Telesca, cast a tie-breaking vote. The Stefanowski campaign is expected to challenge the vote in court, alleging that...

Rob Hotaling won the gubernatorial nomination of the Independent Party on a contested tie-breaking vote Tuesday night that denied Republican Bob Stefanowski a cross endorsement and second line on the November ballot.

Bob Stefanowski’s campaign said chairman Independent Party Chairman Mike Telesca had no right to break the tie “in what appears to be a flagrant violation of his own bylaws.’' during a caucus meeting.

CT GOP gubernatorial candidate’s campaign manager, senior advisor and TV consultant gone over 3-week span.