Former Conn. Post staffer on way to Middletown mayoral victory

The Associated Press is reporting former Connecticut Post staff writer Daniel Drew, a Democrat, has defeat Republican incumbent Sebastian Giuliano in the Middletown mayor’s race.

Drew covered the town of Stratford for the Post from 2004 to 2006, and is currently a grants writer at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield.

He won by more than 600 votes, beating Giuliano and petitioning candidate Christine Bourne.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, and 2012 Democratic Senate candidate and former Secretary of the State Susan B. Bysiewicz, were in Middletown at Drew’s headquarters to celebrate his victory. Malloy told the Middletown Press that it’s been a good night for Democrats.

Tom Cleary