Just as things are heating up in the weeks before the Nov. 2 election comes word that Colleen Flanagan is coming back.
"With a little over seven weeks until election day, the Connecticut Democratic Party has kicked into high gear. As part of that effort, I'm joining the party to do some communications and strategic consulting on races up and down the ballot'' Flanagan wrote in an email to reporters.
"I'll be working closely with party Communications Director Kate Hansen, and you'll be hearing a lot from both of us. There's a lot to get done over the next 50-or-so days, and I'm excited to be back at the party during this critical election cycle."
Flanagan left the state party earlier this year after U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd announced he wasn't running for reelection to take a job with Dodd.