Meltdown 2014: Election postmortem questions still haunt Connecticut GOP

February 3, 2015

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Tom Foley and his wife, Leslie Fahrenkopf Foley, address supporters in Greenwich on Nov. 4 (Douglas Healey photo)

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut Republicans may be surprised to learn that a key campaign official — Elissa Voccola — was forced to sit out last year’s unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign. Why? Sources say the party’s nominee, Tom Foley, decided to banish Voccola from the campaign over tactical disagreements shortly after his nomination.

Members of the Republican State Central Committee say Voccola, 26, only returned to the party’s Hartford headquarters in November, a day after Foley had lost a second campaign to Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. She is now the former executive director of the Connecticut Republican Party and her resume includes work on Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

Many in the party were unaware of Voccola’s absence until a meeting in December when a party member inquired about her activities. Voccola, according to several state committee members, explained that she was placed on paid administrative leave at Foley’s request.

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