Stamford — Her three-year, nearly $100 million odyssey was at a disappointing end, but Linda McMahon was in no hurry to leave. Ever on script, McMahon did what was expected of a losing candidate, placing a phone call to the winner of Connecticut’s most expensive Senate race, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy. Unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon […]

Democrats played defense on Election Day, retaining their advantages in both chambers of the General Assembly and narrowly escaping one scenario in which they would have lost significant control over the next state budget. According to unofficial results, Democrats won 22 of 36 seats in the Senate, the same margin they held over Republicans for […]

Waterbury — Elizabeth Esty won the race for Connecticut’s only open House seat, keeping in Democratic hands a district the GOP had hoped to recapture. Esty, a former Cheshire councilwoman and one-term state legislator once considered a longshot to even win the primary, defeated state Sen. Andrew Roraback, a Goshen Republican who campaigned as an […]

Buoyed by a retooled campaign, presidential coattails and lots of outside cash, Democrat Chris Murphy decisively won Connecticut’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, overcoming an unprecedented $97 million in spending by Republican Linda McMahon during two seamless, back-to-back campaigns. Chris Murphy, the apparent victor in the race for Connecticut’s U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Uma […]

Polls in Connecticut, on this most unusual Election Day, have closed. Here’s a quick view of what’s been happening in the state, at election parties, at polling places and at candidate headquarters: In Bridgeport   While turnout numbers weren’t available from Bridgeport’s Registrar of Voters, polling places across the city showed that voters made a […]

With long voter lines reported in many communities, voter turnout could match the 78 percent mark achieved during the landmark 2008 presidential race, the state’s chief elections official reported late Tuesday afternoon. “I think we’re going to hit 75 to 80 percent, and we could even be on the high side,” Secretary of the State […]

As with Tropical Storm Irene, the effect of storm Sandy on the bird population of Connecticut and its habitats may not be known until next year’s nesting season. But the folks who keep an eye on these things think there will be both good and bad news then. A Great Frigatebird glides overhead The one thing […]

Check out the graph below, courtesy of Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog, from the Washington Post. It’s a breakdown of reasons registered voters gave for not voting in the 2008 election. This graph represents about 15 million people: So out of 15 million people, 5.3 percent — nearly 800,000 — didn’t vote because of transportation problems. That’s […]

Linda McMahon and Chris Murphy put a final gloss on Connecticut’s rawest, most expensive campaign Monday, making a last tour of the state before voters go to polls Tuesday to choose a new U.S. senator for the second time since 2010. Murphy, 39, the three-term Democratic congressman whose campaign once seemed in free fall, appeared […]

With 100,000 new voters registered in the past six weeks and power restored to all polling places, Connecticut’s chief elections official said she hopes other aftereffects of Hurricane Sandy won’t keep voters from casting ballots Tuesday. “The bottom line is Connecticut is ready to vote tomorrow,” Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill said Monday […]

Hartford — In the year of the Super PAC, congressional and presidential elections across the country are smashing records in campaign spending, and Connecticut’s races are no exception. As of a week ago, $74 million had been spent by candidates and outside parties in Connecticut on races for Congress, close to the record set in […]

Farmington — For Republican Andrew Roraback, the last lap in his year-long bid for Congress includes a lot of stops for breakfasts, at least four of them Sunday. Roraback’s Sunday began at breakfasts held by Republican town committees in Kent and Thomaston, followed by more breakfasts hosted by the Farmington Fire Department and Wolcott Lion’s […]