He’s picked up 6 points in a new poll. Ann Coulter is openly pining for him. To get this attention, all Rob Simmons had to do to was quit campaigning for the U.S. Senate. “This is marvelous,” Simmons said Thursday night. “Maybe if I took a long trip to China, I might move out front. […]

Democrat Richard Blumenthal’s lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the U.S. Senate race has shrunk by one-fifth in two weeks to 20 percentage points, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In a race roiled by controversy over Blumenthal’s misstatements about his Vietnam-era military record, the attorney general still leads McMahon by a wide […]

All six candidates for governor agreed today that Connecticut’s government has failed miserably to encourage job creation over the past two decades. If their business audience in Hartford closed its eyes, picking out the two Democrats from the three Republicans and one Independent might have been a challenge. Costs must be lowered, regulatory processes streamlined […]

It’s not every day that a campaign shares internal polling showing its candidate trailing by 13 percentage points. That’s what Republican Linda McMahon’s U.S. Senate campaign did Tuesday, in an attempt to discredit polls that give Democrat Richard Blumenthal an even bigger lead. It’s a page from the same playbook used two weeks ago by […]

The State Elections Enforcement Commission today approved the first public-financing grants to a statewide candidate: nearly $2.2 million for Dan Malloy, the endorsed Democratic candidate for governor. “Congratulations to the Malloy campaign,” said Stephen F. Cashman, the commission chairman. “And a first for the commission, as well.” The commission approved a $1.25 million grant for […]

NEW BRITAIN – The Democratic gubernatorial campaigns of Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont surprised no one last week with their race to criticize Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s veto of an energy reform bill. Packed into one failed bill were enough talking points to fuel two campaigns: high electric rates, clean energy and every candidate’s favorite […]

Democrat Dan Malloy’s campaign for governor could receive as much as $2.18 million Thursday when he is expected to become the first statewide candidate approved for public financing under the Citizens’ Election Program. But the only Republican gubernatorial candidate seeking public financing for his campaign, Lt. Gov. Michael C. Fedele, is not expected to raise […]

He was the party-endorsed candidate in 10 previous races for public office, and Rob Simmons ultimately couldn’t bring himself to wage an 11th as a challenger in a Republican primary for U.S. Senate. When it was noted at last week’s farewell press conference that Connecticut Democrats had long ago lost their inhibitions about primaries, Simmons […]

Richard Blumenthal’s U.S. Senate campaign is beginning its television advertising today with three spots that present him as a crusading attorney general on behalf of consumers. All three commercials feature the faces and voices of individuals who say they were helped by Blumenthal, including a Prospect man named Gary who says the attorney general intervened […]

They began with 42 photographs in 2007. No chiseled granite or cast bronze, just inexpensively framed photos of men and women on a gray wall in a concourse connecting the Legislative Office Building and State Capitol. Formal portraits of young Marines in dress blues. Snapshots of soldiers in desert fatigues, one grinning under a helmet […]

By challenging Ned Lamont to an unprecedented series of 17 debates, Dan Malloy cast himself Wednesday as the de facto challenger in the Democratic primary for governor. Malloy won the Democratic endorsement by a 2-1 margin at last week’s state convention, but Lamont has a higher profile from his 2006 run for U.S. Senate and […]

A new poll shows that Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal is weathering his military-record controversy and that Republican Linda McMahon’s candidacy is provoking doubts among Connecticut voters. A Quinnipiac University poll released today has Blumenthal leading McMahon, 56 percent to 31 percent, a modest tightening of the race since the university’s last poll in […]

Tom Foley leads a three-way Republican field for governor, while Ned Lamont tops Dan Malloy in the Democratic race, 41 percent to 24 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In the GOP race, Foley is supported by 37 percent of Republicans, followed by Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele with 11 percent and Hartford-area business […]

A new poll shows that Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal is weathering his military-record controversy and that Republican Linda McMahon’s candidacy is provoking doubts among Connecticut voters. A Quinnipiac University poll released today has Blumenthal leading McMahon, 56 percent to 31 percent, a modest tightening of the race since the university’s last poll in […]

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal marched softly Thursday toward Memorial Day, an awkward holiday for a politician struggling to live down a controversy over misrepresenting his Vietnam-era military record. He is skipping public observances over the weekend, a tacit admission that his presence could disrupt memorials and generate fresh headlines by drawing hecklers. But he is […]