R&I – TP
Hours before polls opened for the state’s primary election, police in Conneticut arrested a Republican congressional candidate on charges stemming from an alleged domestic assault in July.
Thomas Gilmer, a primary candidate for the US House of Representatives, was charged with second-degree strangulation and first-degree unlawful restraint, according to the Wethersfield Police Department, which made the arrest with the assistance of the Madison Police Department on Monday night.
He was released on a $5,000 bond. He abruptly ended his campaign and suspended his social media accounts and website following his arrest.
Martin Sole