By Richard Winger On November 3, 2015, Hartford, Connecticut, held a partisan city election. For city council, the city election law says that parties cannot nominate more than six candidates. Voters may only vote for six candidates. But the top nine vote-getters are elected. All seats are at-large.
The Democratic Party ran six nominees; the Working Families Party ran five nominees; the Republican Party ran three.
The six Democrats were elected. For the remaining three seats, three WFP nominees also won, outpolling all three of the Republicans. The three WFP winners were Cynthia Jennings, 2,076 votes; Wildaliz Bermudez, 1,801 …read more