CT-GOV: Finished with fundraising, Josh Elliott (D) goes on the road

"Tax the rich! Tax the rich! Tax the rich!”

Josh Elliott broadly smiled Thursday night at the chant by supporters packed into a small restaurant and bar across the street from Edgewood Park in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven for a rally kicking off a new phase in his unlikely campaign for governor.

Elliott eventually would get to the stump speech the Democratic state lawmaker has refined over 10 months: An argument that Gov. Ned Lamont is a rich man disconnected from working-class struggles, and Elliott is a viable progressive alternative in the Aug. 11 primary.

But first, as Elliott told supporters, he wanted to indulge himself and acknowledge having defied expectations, including a few of his own, in two ways: He’s on the ballot for the first primary challenge to a governor in 48 years, and his paperwork for a $3.75 million campaign grant was being filed Friday.





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