First In: DuBois-Walton Will Primary for Treasurer. New Haven Democrat is First to Declare.

New Haven Democrat Karen DuBois-Walton is the first candidate from the Saturday’s state nominating convention to announce that she will force an August primary for state treasurer. DuBois-Walton received about a quarter of the delegates’s votes on the first and only ballot for the open seat.

DuBois-Walton will face party-endorsed choice Erick Russell, also a New Haven Democrat. Russell came close to a majority on the first ballot. DuBois-Walton and Greenwich Democrat Dita Bhargava agreed not to proceed to a second ballot, allowing Russell to become the endorsed candidate after mounting an impressive four-week campaign.

Walton-DuBois wrote to supporters Monday, “With your help, we can build a Connecticut that works for all of us.” Governor Ned Lamont will try to make the case to the same voters that he has achieved that goal in his first term.

Bhargava, who ran unsuccessfully for the party’s nomination is 2018 primary against Shawn Wooden, had made no announcement as of Monday afternoon.

Published May 9, 2022.