Dems Rally The Troops On Whalley

By YASH ROY |  New Haven Independent

With the general election just over three weeks away, Democrats from across the city and the state gathered on Whalley Avenue to try to boost turnout for an electoral contest in which ​“everything is on the line.”

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro offered that summation of the coming Nov. 8 election on Saturday during a get-out-the-vote rally held at the local headquarters of incumbent Gov. Ned Lamont’s reelection campaign at 560 Whalley Ave.

“This election is the most important in our lives,” she told the Democratic politicians and party insiders before her. ​“Voters’ rights are on the line. Women’s rights are on the line. Our state’s economic health is on the line. Funding for our cities is on the line. If we don’t show up, then everything is on the line.”