Eight primaries took place in New Haven, CT on Tuesday, March 5th for Democratic Party ward co-chair positions. All eight were won by candidates on a slate called “Dems for Dems,” backed by party leaders and Yale’s UNITE HERE unions. Ward co-chairs vote for municipal, state and federal candidates at party nomination conventions and take leadership in organizing neighborhood volunteers to work in elections.
Democratic Town Chair and McCarter Government Affairs Advisor, Vincent Mauro Jr., who supported Dems for Dems, called these elections healthy for the party and the city. “New Haven’s a small city. There’s room for everybody. Just have the conversation,” said Mauro during a primary-day discussion on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program.