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Political insiders thought Ned Lamont was done with politics. “And I was town chairman of the Democratic Party in Greenwich, Ned’s hometown, from 2008 to 2015. It’s the most politically active I've ever been in my life, and I don't recall him doing anything more than an ordinary citizen would do.” Back in the real world The day after his 16-point loss to now-Gov. For the first five years after the election, Lamont said, his day-to-day was spent working on the company’s transition in the morning, and in the afternoons, he sometimes taught classes at Central Connecticut State, or did work for one of the many boards he served on. Running for governor, he said, wasn’t even on his radar. I just figured I’d be able to help ... from there, we put together a study group and worked with all of the major employers in the state. “I thought probably I could better serve from the outside than from the inside,” Lamont said. Dannel P. Malloy — each declined to run, the name left at the top of the list was none other than Lamont. David Pudlin, a former state House majority leader and political consultant who worked on Lamont’s 2006 campaign, called Lamont a “unifying factor” at the convention after the party expressed some now-unfounded fears about the Republican Party. In hindsight, the fears turned out to not be true, but I think those are accurate things we could take from the past.” That assessment makes sense to Farricker, the Democratic insider and former Lottery Board chairman.

[Courtesy American Promise] Wicked Local @Eli_Sherman It costs a lot of money to run a successful political campaign. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, both Democrats, whose campaign committees raised a combined $52 million between 2013 and Sept. 15, 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics based in Washington, D.C., In the current election cycle, the nine U.S. House of Representative incumbents raised a combined $13.8 million in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, Ballot Question No. “We’ve seen elections get more expensive every single cycle,” said Ben A. Gubits, national political director at Concord-based American Promise. The ballot measure, which voters will address on Nov. 6, would establish a nonpartisan, 15-member Citizens Commission to consider and recommend an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment -- if approved by Congress and ratified by the states -- would essentially overhaul the current system of political finance, including the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United that determined campaign spending by companies and other groups is protected by the free-speech clause of the First Amendment. Nonetheless, an opposition group to Ballot Question No. Lederman did not respond to calls and an email requesting comment. As of Oct. 5, the group had not yet filed any campaign finance reports. Since 2017, the group has raised $200,750 and spent about $181,348, according to campaign finance reports.

Mr Mohd Rosdy, who said he switched support from UMNO to the new Pakatan Harapan government because UMNO was seen as preserving its self-interests over the needs of Malays, added: “We hold the key to which government takes charge. They also claimed that Pakatan was controlled by DAP and a vote for Pakatan would therefore undermine the special place of Malays in the country. “I notice Dr Mahathir is actually only being used by DAP to divide the Malay votes, as if DAP is good to the Malays,” he said. There was little to no canvassing of non-Malay votes by him and the BN leadership, except by component parties Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). The observers noted that Dr Mahathir’s leadership of the Pakatan pact also made it easier for Malay voters to switch over from BN. “People are still harping about education, these rights and those rights. The only thing left for us is that the Malays continue to govern this country. But DAP will clearly not be the dominant party in Pakatan alongside three other largely Malay parties - Dr Mahathir's Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, Mr Anwar Ibrahim's Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the Parti Amanah Negara led by new defence minister Mohamad Sabu. “It’s very comprehensive and we all signed this thing ... the DAP signed this.” Taking a swipe at BN, he added: “I would like to emphasise the Malaysian Chinese Association and the Malaysian Indian Congress did not sign.” Ms Tricia Yeoh, an expert in Malaysian politics from the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, said that any move away from racial politics will be a slow one, owing to the Malay community’s insecurities which have been exacerbated by economic loss brought on by the rising cost of living. Then Malaysia might move beyond racial politics.”