Today, in a press release Danbury City Councilman Paul Rotello announced that he's decided drop out of the race for state senate in the 24th district.The present landscape is unsettled and distracting to a degree that is almost unknown in Connecticut politics, and with attention diverted the region is suffering. As an elected official I will continue to concentrate on the job I have during what is a very troubled period in our history.
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It is my wish that the 24th district, presently faltering under Republican management, can return to Democratic stewardship with Alice Hutchinson, and I endorse her candidacy
By Rotello exiting the race, Democratic endorsed State Senate candidate Hutchinson can shift her focus from dealing with a primary, to campaigning against current State Senator Mike McLachlan.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of day laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
