For anyone who is still counting, Linda McMahon threw another $1 million of her own money into her U.S. Senate bid this week. A new campaign finance filing shows she pumped that latest batch of cash into her bid on Monday, bringing her total investment so far to $47 million. McMahon, the Republican nominee and […]

WASHINGTON–Connecticut’s contest for U.S. Senate now ranks as the most expensive Congressional race in the country, with the two candidates spending a combined $48.4 million so far this election, according to a new tally by the Center for Responsive Politics. In just the first two weeks of October, Democrat Richard Blumenthal and Republican Linda McMahon […]

WASHINGTON-No matter what happens on Election Day, Connecticut’s congressional delegation will take a hit in terms of political power. Whether it’s a body blow, or a minor knock, is less clear. And how a reshuffled delegation will work together raises some intriguing questions. For starters, who, if anyone, will emerge as the group’s new go-to […]

Two new outside groups have put a message in the mail, one for and one against, U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal. The National Rifle Association’s political action committee has spent nearly $36,000 in the last week on a mailing opposing Blumenthal in his contest against Republican Linda McMahon, according to FEC filings of recent independent expenditures. Meanwhile, […]

WASHINGTON-Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan took another swipe at health care reform on Monday, arguing that proposed new rules aimed at reining in excessive insurance industry profits could have “dreaded unintended consequences.” The health care overhaul approved by Congress earlier this year included a requirement that insurance companies spend at least 80 to 85 percent […]

An internal email from Richard Blumenthal’s U.S. Senate campaign raises questions about how closely it’s coordinating campaign activities with an outside group, in this case the abortion-rights group Planned Parenthood. Politico has the story and the email, in which a Blumenthal campaign aide seeks “mysoginistic” World Wrestling Entertainment photos of women for Planned Parenthood to […]

WASHINGTON-Republican Linda McMahon threw another $4.5 million into her bid for U.S. Senate in the first two weeks of October, bringing her total investment to $46 million, new campaign filings show. McMahon pumped more money into her Senate bid in just the first 13 days of October than Gov. M. Jodi Rell spent on her entire […]

When a national Tea Party group, FreedomWorks Inc., endorsed Republican Linda McMahon last month, it was unclear just what the organization could offer McMahon’s $40 million self-funded campaign for the U.S. Senate. Now, new campaign finance filings show what the group’s backing can bring; FreedomWorks purchased $5,358.50 worth of yard signs for McMahon this week. Meanwhile, McMahon’s opponent, Democrat […]

Rep. Jim Himes is getting yet another political shot in the arm from the White House in the closing days of his tough re-election campaign. President Barack Obama has taped a radio ad for Himes, who is locked in a tight race with Republican state Sen. Dan Debicella to represent Connecticut’s 4th congressional district. In the ad, […]

WASHINGTON-Patients who suffer from heart failure are getting a radical new treatment at Hartford Hospital aimed at significantly reducing their chances of readmission. It’s doesn’t involve new medications or a cutting-edge diagnostic. In some ways, it’s a lot more complicated-entailing a more integrated way of practicing medicine that is being ushered in, in part, by […]

WASHINGTON–President Obama is planning to make another campaign stop in Connecticut, holding a public rally in Bridgeport just a few days before the election. Obama is scheduled to come to Bridgeport on Oct. 30th, according to Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, who stands to benefit the most from an Obama stop in Connecticut’s largest city. Himes […]

Rep. John Larson is ramping up his re-election campaign operation in the face of a tough, well-funded candidate who has saturated the airwaves. No, it’s not Ann Brickley, the little-known 1st District Republican nominee trying to unseat Larson. Larson’s campaign says his biggest foe this season is shaping up to be Linda McMahon, the GOP […]

WASHINGTON-Republican Linda McMahon has spent nearly $40 million of her personal fortune so far on her U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat Richard Blumenthal. In all, McMahon has loaned her campaign $41.5 million so far this election cycle, and she has spent more than $39.5 of that, according to summary pages of McMahon’s 3rd quarter campaign […]