DeStefano reelected to ninth term
incumbent wins easily, as expected
Standing on a chair and looking down at the crowd of supporters filling the back room of the Playwright, a pub on Temple Street, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. took in yet another mayoral victory Tuesday evening.
DeStefano received an unsurprising victory in Tuesday’s mayoral election, winning 74.5 percent of the vote to beat independent challengers Angela Watley, Henri Sumner and Ralph Ferrucci. Across the city, voter turn out was 17.6 percent, down from 22 percent in 2007.
“America needs places like this that are able to work together to solve problems,” DeStefano said as the city’s...
who cares? machine politics at its best. when will yale students realize that winning elections isn't a good in and of itself? so sad.