Julia Perkins

Harry Potter fan, Managing editor for @NewsTimes and @thehournews, Former EIC for @QUChronicle

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Remembering the 26 lives lost 10 years ago tomorrow at Sandy Hook Elementary School. This poignant front page will lead all @Hearst CT daily newspapers in tribute to them, their families, the community and people across the country as we look back, and forward, in their honor.

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🧵👋 Hi, CT!

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Jahana Hayes has defeated George Logan to win reelection in Connecticut’s 5th District. https://t.co/xeYfRcU2ty

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Absentee ballots are still being counted. The nationally watched CT 5th House district race has a razor-thin margin for Democrat Jahana Hayes over Republican George Logan. https://t.co/cWsjkW5CQA via @NewsTimes

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Democrat Aimee Berger-Girvalo wins 2nd term against Bob Hebert for Ridgefield’s 111th House District https://t.co/B0WbPv0OsJ

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It's a happy 60th birthday for Bill Buckbee. The Republican incumbent appears to have beat Democrat Alexandra Thomas to win a 4th term representing New Milford's 67th state House District https://t.co/X2BMKH9rYT

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We've got our first local winner of the night. Republican incumbent @eric_berthel has declared victory over @jeffdesmaraisct in the 32nd CT House race. Per @FoxFox78746493 https://t.co/ujk6Mxa3iu

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@KendraBaker and @TTBallantyne are hearing from the Danbury Democrats and Republicans that races are close and results are still being calculated. No winners have been declared yet

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Per @FoxFox78746493, Republicans Bill Buckbee and Steve Harding are leading in four of eight New Milford precincts. Buckbee's 67th district covers New Milford only but Harding is running for the 30th state Senate seat which includes at least parts of 18 towns.

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Republican incumbents Cindy Harrison, David Labriola, Mitch Bolinsky, running unopposed, to return to CT House. Lack of opponent did not keep these candidates from campaigning, appearing at voting sites Tuesday to connect with constituents https://t.co/tteE6lr53z #Connecticut

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Very proud to be leading this team tonight and even happier to have enjoyed eating election night pizza with them tonight.

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Polls have officially closed in CT, which means you should start refreshing the live blog and results on the @NewsTimes https://t.co/h3TvJHmcZa

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Photographer John Voorhees is capturing what's going on in Hartford where the Democrats, including @NedLamont have gathered

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With the Danbury Republicans is @TTBallantyne. He's got you covered for the Farley Santos/Jesy Fernandez race for the 109th House, Ken Gucker/Rachel Chaleski for the 138th House and Martin Foncello/Phoebe Holmes for the 1707th House. The 109th and 107th are open seats

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@KendraBaker is with the Danbury Democrats tonight, and covering the Julie Kushner/Michelle Coelho race for the 24th Senate seat, Raghib Allie-Brennan/Jenn Lewis race for the 2nd House, and Patrick Callahan/Jeff Ginsburg for the 108th House

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AND this is on top of the $49 million he's been ordered to pay the parents of Jesse Lewis. Plus, Jones has another similar trial in Texas with the parents of Noah Pozner

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Alex Jones has been ordered to pay eight Sandy Hook families nearly $1 billion in defamation damages.

The 15 plaintiffs were awarded between $28.8 million and $120 million each. https://t.co/Fkgc6aMvmY

[Julia Perkins @JuliaPerkinsHP]

I'm very excited to say that I've been named managing editor of @NewsTimes. I'm grateful to all the editors, past and present, who have helped me get here and am thrilled to continue to work with the fantastic Danbury news staff!