Connecticut state Rep. Christopher Rosario, a Democrat, nominated embattled incumbent Councilman Alfredo Castillo for another two-year term this week at the party convention in the downtown government center.
Castillo, a Democrat who represents Connecticut’s 136th district in Bridgeport, is facing multiple counts of absentee ballot fraud involving the 2019 and 2023 mayoral elections in which he backed incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim.
However, that has not stopped the 54-year-old from running for reelection.
“As for other candidates in the 136th race, Christopher Rodriguez has pulled petition paperwork to challenge Councilman Castillo in a potential Democratic primary,” Rosario told The Epoch Times.
Castillo has pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying that he was merely “following the orders of the Democratic Party.”…