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Martha Dean Wins GOP AG Endorsement; Ross Garber Qualifies For Primary

Martha Dean won the Republican nomination for attorney general. Ross Garber got 39 percent of the votes and vows to primary.  

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Mark Boughton Wins GOP Endorsement For Lt. Governor

Mark Boughton received the Republican endorsement for lieutenant governor. He will run with GOP nominee Thomas Foley.    

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GOP declares war on paperwork

State government generates too much paperwork. And both Jerry Farrell Jr., who won the Republican party's endorsement for secretary of the state, and Mark Boughton, the convention's choice lieutenant...

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Delegates from Simsbury say Republican convention had an energy it didn't...

Simsbury Republican town committee member Darren Cunningham remembers a time when the party had to go begging to find enough delegates for its convention.   "There have been a lot of lean years,'' he...

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Scully: Where are the African Americans and Latinos in Linda McMahon's ad...

Fresh off Corey Brinson's observations about the lack of racial diversity at the Republican convention [note: see comments section below for more on this from Brinson, who criticizes the media for...

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SUV carrying Bill Clinton involved in accident on the Merritt Parkway

"It was just a fluke,'' Clinton tells Fox 61's John Charton. The former president was en-route to New Haven; he was giving a commencement speech at Yale.

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Breaking news: Blumenthal says he's sorry

E-mail statement from attorney general and Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal:"At times when I have sought to honor veterans, I have not been as clear or precise as I should have been about my service...

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Blumenthal: "I have made mistakes and I am sorry."

After nearly a week of criticism following revelations that he misrepresented his military record and five days after a press conference in which he expressed regret for his misstatements, Democratic...

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Dannel Malloy and Ned Lamont Already Clashing in Democratic Primary Race;...

Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy and Greenwich cable TV entrepreneur Ned Lamont still had not talked as of Sunday morning regarding their upcoming primary contest. One of the questions that Malloy...

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Veterans Memorial Will Have An Amphitheater

ROCKY HILL -- A statewide veterans memorial will feature an amphitheater, a remembrance wall and ample parking. The state chose the design, which was submitted by landscape artists Dean Adam Johnson...

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Dodd on Blumenthal: "His record of service to our state certainly outweighs"...

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., stressed Monday that he continues to strongly support the candidacy of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for U.S. Senate, the Courant's Ken Gosselin reports. The...

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You know things are bad when your name become a verb

Writing about the California Senate race on his blog, RedState.com, conservative political commentator and CNN contributor Erick Erickson says that allies of Republican Carly Fiorina try to "Dick...

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Blumenthal campaign says its own poll shows he still has the support of the...

Connecticut voters are standing by Richard Blumenthal, even as he continues to face strong criticism for misrepresenting his military record. At least that's the main finding of an internal poll of 602...

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Richard Blumenthal's Vietnam Comments on "Meet The Press'' As National...

The national fallout continues as Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal became a topic of conversation Sunday on "Meet The Press'' in a nearly week-long string of widespread attention over...

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Simmon to make announcement "on the future of the Senate campaign" tomorrow

The Simmons campaign has called a press conference for 9 a.m. in New London. Spokesman Raj Shah won't say what the topic will be. "I'm on a tight leash on this one,'' he said by phone tonight. But he...

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Rob Simmons will drop out of U.S. Senate race tomorrow.. But will he run in...

Rob Simmons has called a press conference for tomorrow morning in New London to announce he's leaving the U.S. Senate race, sources said late today.The former congressman and Vietnam War veteran lost...

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Will Simmons seek a return to his old congressional seat? He's not saying but...

With his apparent decision to abandon his U.S. Senate bid in the face of the Linda McMahon juggernaut, will Simmons seek a return to the cozy confines of the 2nd Congressional District?He represented...

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Democrat Ned Lamont Pushing For Jobs For Young Professionals; Facing Dannel...

HARTFORD - While many campaigns were taking a breather Monday from the long hours of the political party conventions, Democrat Ned Lamont came to the capital city to talk about job creation with a...

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Simmons Quits Senate Race

By Daniela Altimari The Hartford CourantRepublican Rob Simmons, the one-time frontrunner for U.S. Senate, announced this morning that he is ending his campaign after losing his party's nomination to...

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VP Joe Biden Doesn't Want To Make A "Blumenthal Mistake'' on Vietnam; Comment...

Vice President Joseph Biden, in speaking about Vietnam, has gained national attention by saying that he didn't want to make a "Blumenthal mistake.''Biden jokes about avoiding 'Blumenthal mistake' in...

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