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Third Party Candidates We Won’t Call Fringe

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With the November municipal elections approaching there have been some nasty battles involving alternative parties fighting their way onto the ballot. There’s something about local politics that leads to hand to hand combat. We’ll be looking at East Hampton, Middletown, Westport and any other town with a feisty third party.

Leave your comments below, email us at colin@wnpr.org or tweet us @wnprcolin.

Guests:

Kyle Dostaler is the Chairman of the Chatham Party in East Hampton.

John Kilian is the Secretary of the Realistic Balance Party in Middletown and running for Mayor of Midddletown.

Stephen Devoto is a professor of biology at Wesleyan University and running for a seat on Middletown's Planning and Zoning Board.  You can read more from Stephen Devoto here.

Valerie Seiling Jacobs is an attorney who currently teaches writing at Columbia University. She helped prepare Save Westport Now for their lawsuit to get on the November ballot.

Denise Merrill is the Connecticut Secretary of the State

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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