Issue-oriented election an endangered breed
The Day - Sun May 27, 4:11 am ETVoters in Connecticut's Second District may be treated to a rare campaign, one that is based on the issues.
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Voters in Connecticut's Second District may be treated to a rare campaign, one that is based on the issues.
New Haven (Conn.) Register, May 22, 2012 If greed and fear are what drive Wall Street, common sense can sometimes prevail as well. Witness the stock debut of Facebook. Instead of a first day pop in its stock price generated by all the hype about its public offering, the stock barely budged. It had to be propped up by its ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Republicans decided Friday night to give former wrestling executive Linda McMahon a second shot, endorsing her again as the party's candidate for the U.S. Senate.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy and former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz agreed Thursday on many of the same ideas for jumpstarting the nation's flagging economy, but clashed over who is better qualified to be Connecticut's next U.S. senator.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Christopher Shays, right, watches as votes are tallied at the Republican state convention in Hartford, Conn., May 18, 2012.
Bridgeport continues to challenge Waterbury as the home of the most embarrassing and bewildering politics in Connecticut. Former state Sen. Ernie Newton did last week what few in Connecticut politics have achieved: He subdued bumptious Working Families and Democratic Gov.Dannel P. Malloy.
Lest Linda McMahon think her endorsement from the state Republican Party this past Friday handed her the nomination for U.S. Senate, her party challenger Christopher Shays is saying “not so fast.” The former 21-year member of Congress, who represented the 4th District of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives, made his primary campaign official on Monday by filing with the secretary of ...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays has made it official and filed the necessary paperwork to challenge former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate .
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays is making it official and filing the necessary paperwork to challenge former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate .
U.S. Senate candidate Chris Shays kisses the forehead of his wife, Betsi Shays, during the state Republican convention at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn., on Friday, May 18, 2012. The former Connecticut congressman submitted his certificate of eligibility for the Aug. 14 primary on Monday, May 21, 2012 in Hartford, according to the secretary of the stateâÄôs office.
Voters in Connecticut need a choice. Despite what Linda McMahon says, former Representative Christopher Shays should stay in the race.