by | Jul 24, 2017 9:26 pm | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti.
Shelton Republicans on Monday nominated Mayor Mark Lauretti to run for a 14th term — which he hopes he won’t have to finish.
Lauretti, who is pursuing the state GOP’s nod for governor in 2018, said the city’s voters should see that as a good thing.
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by | Apr 15, 2014 9:25 am | Comments (0)
On Jan. 10, Shelton Mayor and gubernatorial hopeful Mark Lauretti made his first campaign finance disclosures.
They weren’t exactly eye-popping.
Days into his candidacy, Lauretti had raised just $1,200. A quarter of that money came in donations from his wife and two sons.
How three months can change things.
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by | Jan 10, 2014 9:06 am | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti’s campaign for governor needs campaign contributions — lots of them.
Lauretti told supporters Thursday that he needs at least 2,500 people to give him $100 each so he can qualify for public financing by May if he is going to bring his tax-cutting, economic growth message to voters statewide in 2014.
About 150 people, mostly politically active Republicans from the lower Naugatuck Valley, gathered for a minimum $50-per-plate dinner at the Inn at Villa Bianca in Seymour to help him launch his campaign.
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by | Jan 7, 2014 3:47 pm | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti appeared on “Face the State” Jan. 5 to discuss his intention to seek the Republican nomination for governor.
It was Lauretti’s first television interview since filing paperwork to form a candidate committee last month.
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by | Jan 5, 2014 11:12 am | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is scheduled to talk about his desire to be Connecticut governor on WFSB’s “Face the State” starting at 11 a.m.
Share your observations and reactions in the live blog below.
by | Jan 3, 2014 8:27 pm | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is running for governor — and even has a Facebook page to prove it.
Launched Dec. 26, “Lauretti for Governor” has attracted 186 “Likes” on the social network by the afternoon of Jan. 2 and a handful of posts of support and questions.
The mayor, who has taken a few tentative jabs at running for higher office in the past, is apparently for real this time.
In fact, he’s even appearing on a Sunday political talk show.
Lauretti is scheduled to appear on “Face the State” at 11 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 5).
And a “Campaign Kick Off” is scheduled for Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Inn at Villa Bianca on Seymour’s Roosevelt Drive.
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by | Sep 6, 2012 1:00 pm | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is considering a run for governor in 2014, the Huntington Herald reported Thursday.
“It’s been in the back of my mind for a number of years,” Lauretti told the Herald about a possible run for governor. “After the November election I will probably get some people together to weigh the possibility and probability.”
Lauretti also considered running to be the state’s top elected official in 2010 but decided against it, citing the “disruption” caused by the trial of developer James Botti.
Click here to read the full report from the Herald.
And click here for previous stories about Lauretti’s gubernatorial aspirations.
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by | Jun 3, 2010 12:06 pm | Comments (0)
Mayor Mark Lauretti issued a prepared statement Thursday saying he will not run for governor during “this election cycle.”
by | May 17, 2010 9:01 am | Comments (0)
Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is still exploring a run for governor, as a Republican.
I have urged Mayor Lauretti “to take a shot at governor,” as I feel he is most qualified candidate, since he has guided the City of Shelton to its present growth, over the past two decades.
I would also like Mayor Lauretti to consider Derby Republican Mayor Tony Staffieri as his running mate for lieutenant governor.
by and | May 15, 2010 10:15 am | Comments (0)
Supporters of Mayor Mark Lauretti gathered Saturday (May 15) to gear up for the mayor’s run for governor.
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