Kula Submits 4,700 Signatures in 5th CD.

Shannon Kula submitted 4,700 petition signatures to local election officials in her bid to claim a spot in the 5th CD Democratic primary. That gives the Farmington Democrat and former DC staffer 2,000 signatures to spare in the harsh review that has been obliterating petition signatures around the state.

If Kula meets the threshold, she’ll join Mary Glassman (soon to be Mary Messina Glassman once more) and dynamic Waterbury teacher Jahana Hayes on the August 14th ballot. The seat became vacant when beleaguered incumbent Elizabeth Esty announced in April she would not seek a fourth term after she was hobbled by revelations of violent and persistent harassment in her Washington office.