Rickey Pinckney Sr.
Rickey Pinckney Sr. was a 2017 Democratic special election candidate for District 7 of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Elections
2017
A special election for the position of Connecticut House of Representatives District 7 was called for April 25, 2017.[1]
The seat became vacant following Douglas McCrory's (D) election to the Connecticut State Senate on February 28, 2017.
Candidates who successfully filed for this race included Democrat Rickey Pinckney Sr., Working Families Party candidate Joshua Malik Hall, and petitioning candidate Kenneth P. Green. All three candidates sought the Democratic nomination for the seat at the Hartford Democratic Party's nominating convention on March 19, 2017. Pinckney received nine votes at the convention, while Green—a former Democratic member of the Connecticut House—received three votes and Hall received one vote.[2] The Working Families Party of Connecticut endorsed Hall on March 22, 2017.[3] No Republicans filed for the race.
Hall won the April 25 election. The Connecticut Mirror reported on the night of the election that Hall, despite being elected as a member of the Working Families Party, stated his intentions to be a Democratic member of the Connecticut House.[4]
| Connecticut House of Representatives, District 7, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Working Families |  Joshua Malik Hall |
41.1% | 625 | |
| Democratic | Rickey Pinckney Sr. | 33.7% | 512 | |
| Independent | Kenneth P. Green | 24.1% | 367 | |
| Write-in | Giselle Gigi Jacobs | 1.1% | 17 | |
| Total Votes | 1,521 | |||
| Source: Connecticut Secretary of State | ||||
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See also
- Connecticut House of Representatives
- Connecticut House of Representatives District 7
- Connecticut state legislative special elections, 2017
- Connecticut State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "Gov. Malloy Sets April 25 Special Election for Two State House Seats in Districts Covering Hartford, Watertown and Woodbury," March 3, 2017
- ↑ Hartford Courant, "City Dems Endorse Military Veteran For Vacant State Rep. Seat," March 20, 2017
- ↑ Working Families Party, "Joshua Hall to Run for 7th District House Seat on the Working Families Party Ticket in Upcoming Special Election, April 25th," March 22, 2017
- ↑ The Connecticut Mirror, "WFP wins Hartford seat; GOP keeps seat in Watertown," April 25, 2017
