Ed Munster, the former state Senator who came within a hair's breath of going to Congress in 1994, is backing Rob Simmons for U.S. Senate in the Aug. 10 GOP primary and is urging his fellow Republicans to do the same.
"I urge Republicans to come out in droves and vote Rob Simmons in that primary,'' Munster wrote in a letter to the Courant. "The chances of a victory with this kind of a low visibility grassroots effort are indeed slim but nevertheless it could happen. If it were to happen it would propel Rob into position to beat Blumenthal. In any case it will send a message to state party operatives that Simmons has huge popularity and be a message to Simmons himself that many of us want him to stay active."
Simmons suspended his campaign after losing the endorsement at a party nominating convention in May to multi-millionaire Linda McMahon.