In CT, finding candidates to run for local office is getting harder

In CT, finding candidates to run for local office is getting harder

The Vernon Democratic Town Committee was scrambling to find a candidate to challenge the town’s well liked, six-term Republican mayor, Daniel Champagne. It was June, just five months until this year’s municipal election, and no one had stepped forward.  “It was like pulling teeth to fill out the slate,” said state Rep. Kevin Brown, D-Vernon. “We were going through a Rolodex of if there’s anybody who knows anybody who would run for mayor.” With t…