New London Democrats Split With Mayor

New London's Democratic Town Committee's caucus last night was most noteworthy, not so much for who was elected to serve on the 60-member committee for the next two years, but for who wasn't. 

Most notably, the city's top-serving Democrat, Mayor Daryl Finizio, and his chief of staff and long-serving Democratic Town Committee member, Jane Glover, did not garner enough votes to be reelected. City Council member Michael Passero told the New London Day, the results showed "a lack of confidence in the mayor's leadership within his own party." The slate of candidates presented by Passero, however, didn't include Finizio or Glover, both of whom were nominated during the Caucus. 

The mayor appeared to take his loss in this election in stride, posting on Facebook: "Congratulations to all the newly elected members of the New London Democratic Town Committee !! I look forward to working with you all for the good of our party and our city."