Alderman Gino DiGiovanni Jr who is accused of trespass is on course to beat incumbent Richard Dziekan in Derby, Connecticut
A Republican charged with trespassing during the Capitol riots on Jan 6 2021 could become the mayor of a town Joe Biden won in 2020.
Alderman Gino DiGiovanni Jr appears on course to beat the the incumbent mayor of Derby, Connecticut, in the town’s Republican mayoral primary after a vote this week.
Mr DiGiovanni, 42, was charged with trespassing in Congress when a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol and delayed the certification of Mr Biden’s presidential victory.
The mayoral hopeful said he had been branded a “domestic terrorist” in Connecticut but that he was not a “tinfoil-hat conspiracy wack job”.