2012 Election

FactCheck.org pans a TV ad by two Democratic PACs that claim Republican Linda McMahon’s tax plan would hurt the middle class. “A TV ad funded by two Democratic PACs falsely claims Linda McMahon’s “tax plan hurts middle-class families.” Actually, her tax plan would reduce the marginal income tax rates for middle-income families – married couples […]

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan is the featured guest at several Connecticut fundraisers Sunday that aim to raise money for the Romney-Ryan campaign and the national Republican Party. Two fundraisers will be in Fairfield County. But Democrat Rep. Jim Himes, who is running for re-election in Fairfield County, the 4th Congressional District, is […]

The day after Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy called for a more substantive debate on the issues, the campaign of Republican Linda McMahon responded with street theater, dropping in unannounced on Murphy’s headquarters. Trailed by McMahon supporters and a campaign video tracker, former Republican State Chairman Chris Healy walked into Murphy’s storefront headquarters between […]

Democrat Elizabeth Esty’s first general-election commercial in the 5th Congressional District is a pledge to protect Medicare and Social Security that quickly pivots to an attack on her Republican opponent, Andrew Roraback. Esty labels Roraback, a state senator, as a Hartford politician. The commercial identifies Esty as a former town council member in Cheshire, never […]

The U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Chris Murphy tried to make the case for why he deserves the women’s vote Monday without their candidate. Women who appear in a new Murphy ad aimed at women held a press conference Monday, a decidedly understated response to Republican Linda McMahon’s women’s rally over the weekend. Murphy, whose […]

He ran with Democrat Al Gore in 2000, and he almost ran with Republican John McCain in 2008. But Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman says he still is undecided in 2012, and his choice will remain a secret as he eases into private life after 24 years in the U.S. Senate. He tells C-SPAN in an […]

President Obama has only a slim lead over Mitt Romney in a UConn/Hartford Courant national poll released early today, but the Democratic president is expected to win by twice as many voters as those who predict a GOP victory. Is Obama, who was the beneficiary of an enthusiasm gap in 2008, benefiting from a confidence […]

Another poll, another conclusion that the U.S. Senate race is close. A University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant poll released today shows Democrat Chris Murphy with a lead over Republican Linda McMahon that is within the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points. He leads, 37 percent to 33 percent. “Right now, this […]

A Hartford Superior Court judge has ordered a new election to select the Democratic nominee in the 5th Assembly District of Hartford and Windsor. Script writers out there, take note. Here is a real-life plot twist: With Leo Canty and Brandon McGee tied in a three-way race, it came down to a disputed absentee ballot that […]

The influential Cook Political Report  on Thursday moved the Connecticut Senate race from “likely Democrat” to “toss up.” The change is a result of the effectiveness of Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon’s attacks on rival Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, said the report’s Jennifer Duffy. In an advertising blitz, McMahon has tied Murphy to a […]

If voters don’t like Linda McMahon the Republican, they can always vote for Linda McMahon the Independent. The secretary of the state’s office said that McMahon, the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, has submitted sufficient signatures to qualify for a second line on the ballot: She wil be listed under the Independent banner. McMahon has […]