CT 05: Greenberg claims he's collected enough signatures to primary

Now this is rather interesting.

Businessman Mark Greenberg, who calls himself the Tea Party’s candidate, said this week that he has collected well more than the 1,859 petition signatures needed to qualify for the Aug. 10 Republican primary in the sprawling Fifth Congressional District.

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Mr. Greenberg, who said he had at least two dozen volunteers distributing petitions across the district in recent weeks, would at least face state Sen. Sam Caligiuri of Waterbury, who took about 67 percent of the delegates at last month’s convention, and former gubernatorial and congressional aide Justin Bernier of Plainville in the primary in the district, which stretches through 41 municipalities from Salisbury to Newtown.

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Mr. Greenberg said Monday that he collected more than 3,000 signatures from Republican voters in the district in recent weeks and they have been sent for verification to the respective voter registration officials in the municipalities.

The challenger, who has said he would spend at least $1 million of his own funds through the Nov. 2 election, did not have his name placed in nomination at the GOP convention May 21 at the Hartford Convention Center.

Since there is no love lost between Calaguri, Greenburg, and Bernier, be on the lookout for a good deal of mudslinging between these guys throughout the summer.