Independent Party

The new chair of Connecticut’s Independent Party, Stewart ‘Chip’ Beckett, sees an opportunity for his party to win some local elections this year.

Testimony in Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski’s effort to remove the Independent Party’s candidate from the ballot ended Thursday without Stefanowski taking the stand.

Connecticut GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski narrowly lost the Independent Party nomination on Tuesday. That means his name won’t be on two lines on the ballot in November.