Connecticut had a voter turnout of 74 percent in the 2012 presidential election, ranking the state seventh in the nation, though lower than the state’s turnout of about 78 percent in 2008 and 2004. Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced the turnout numbers today as she formally certified election results that gave Democrats a […]
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Murphy raised $4.5 million online, while McMahon gave her campaign $7.1 million in final weeks
The manager of Democrat Chris Murphy’s victorious U.S. Senate campaign told supporters Thursday that Murphy raised nearly 45 percent of his $10.5 million through online, grass-roots organizations, while records show that Republican Linda McMahon loaned her losing camaign $7.1 million in the two weeks before the election. Federal election records list three late loans McMahon […]
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Election adds to shake-up on Energy and Technology Committee
The touch of shake-up the election gave to the General Assembly is likely to have an outsized effect on the Energy and Technology Committee. But it’s not clear yet — and likely won’t be until next year — just what that effect will be. Energy co-chairwoman Rep. Vickie Nardello, D-Prospect, was a surprise loser in her […]
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Would Mr. Esty head (back) to Washington?
With Elizabeth Esty now headed to Washington as the state’s newest member of Congress, it’s somewhat logical to wonder whether her husband Dan — the commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection — might also head there where here served for a number of years in the Environmental Protection Agency. Apparently this occurred […]
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McMahon dresses her city workers like Murphy supporters
The U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Linda McMahon outfitted its urban poll standers today in purple T-shirts styled after those worn by SEIU, the liberal union that is backing Democrat Chris Murphy. “It clearly is a rip off of our shirts,” said Paul Filson, the political director of SEIU, which represents many minority health care […]
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5th CD debate cancelled
Don’t tune in to NBC30 tonight looking for a debate between Democrat Elizabeth Esty and Republican Andrew Roraback, the two 5th Congressional District candidates. It’s been canceled, a victim of the storm.
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Rasmussen has Murphy up by 6 points
Rasmussen released a poll Monday showing Democrat Chris Murphy up by six percentage points in his U.S. Senate race with Republican Linda McMahon, 51 percent to 45 percent. The poll is based on a one-day telephone survey Sunday, the same day that Bill Clinton headlined a rally in Waterbury for Murphy. It has a margin […]
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Billionaire’s PAC names Maynard as second target
A report filed Friday with state elections officials identified state Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, as the second legislative target of Voters for Good Government, a Super PAC financed by a Greenwich billionaire, Thomas Peterffy. The PAC is spending $26,987 for advertising on cable television. The existence of the committee and its first expenditure — a […]
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Connecticut’s Senate race makes top 10 in TV spending
Candidates and independent groups spent at least $8.4 million to air 5,448 television commercials in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race over the first three weeks of October, pushing the contest into the top 10 for ad expenditures and top 15 for ad volume. The Wesleyan Media Project said Wednesday that Republican Linda McMahon outspent Democrat Chris […]
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Democratic PACs buy another $1.6 million in TV time to attack McMahon
Two national Democratic political action committees reported Thursday spending another $1.6 million on Connecticut television advertising on behalf of Democrat Chris Murphy in the race for U.S. Senate. The latest spending brings independent expenditures in the Senate race to $5.9 million, nearly all of it on behalf of Murphy or in opposition to his self-funded […]
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By any means necessary: McMahon embraces Obama
Our colleague at WNPR, Jeff Cohen, flagged this one: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon is running an ad appealing directly to Obama voters. To make it easier for such folks, McMahon is inviting them to cast a vote for her on the independent line, just in case going GOP is too painful. Both she […]
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Pelosi to raise money for Esty
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be the featured guest next week at a Greenwich fundraiser for Elizabeth Esty, the Democratic candidate for the 5th District congressional seat. Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is a prodigious fundraiser. Last month, she held 77 fundraisers in five states and in Washington, […]
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Coals to Newcastle: U.S. Chamber spends $700K on McMahon
With nearly $80 million to play with over two campaigns, does Linda McMahon really need outside help on TV and radio? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce evidently thinks so. It filed paperwork Friday disclosing the expenditure of $700,000 for time to air TV and radio ads promoting McMahon, the self-funding GOP candidate for U.S. Senate. […]
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Murphy up by 6, with 17 percent undecided in UConn/Courant Poll
A new UConn/Courant Poll shows Democrat Chris Murphy with a 6-percentage point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in the U.S. Senate race, fueled by an increase in support from women. He leads, 44 percent to 38 percent, with 17 percent undecided. The poll found McMahon dominating the eastern and western thirds of the state, but […]
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In Connecticut, Siena has Obama by 15, Murphy by 2
Another poll shows Connecticut tilting strongly toward President Obama, with the contest for the open U.S. Senate seat still close. A survey by the Siena Research Institute taken long before last night’s presidential debate found Obama with a 15 percentage point lead over Mitt Romney. He led, 53 percent to 38 percent. In […]