The Senate’s Electoral Count Act reforms bill, which CT Sen. Chris Murphy worked on, has bipartisan support. But the House’s version doesn’t.
2020 Election
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Weeks after the election, Secretary of the State’s efforts to monitor disinformation campaigns ended
For weeks, an intelligence analyst monitored social media for the Secretary of the State’s office. Then her contract ran out.
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‘Unreal’ scene as pro-Trump mob invades U.S. Capitol
A mob supporting Donald J. Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
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Hundreds of protestors press lawmakers as they return to the Capitol
Hundreds of protestors gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol, pressing returning lawmakers to reject mandatory vaccinations and coronavirus-related restrictions on gatherings.
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Electoral College affirms: Biden is the president-elect.
Connecticut cast its seven Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, normally a perfunctory postscript to a presidential election.
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State Rep. Craig Fishbein’s 17-vote margin of victory shrinks to 7
It hasn’t been a good two weeks for tallying votes in the 90th House District of Cheshire and Wallingford.
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Democrats have the numbers, but Lamont has the edge in next CT budget debate
Democratic legislators expanded their majorities Tuesday, but complex fiscal rules favor Gov. Ned Lamont in the next budget debate.
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Victorious Joe Biden: ‘We must restore the soul of America’
In his victory speech, President-elect Joe Biden urged an end to political acrimony and divisiveness.
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For Ned Lamont, it was Joe Biden from day one
How Ned Lamont came to commit to Joe Biden on day one is not a tale of political calculation.
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Blumenthal, Murphy back push for Connecticut voting reforms
As this one slowly wraps up, there’s a push to make the next election different for Connecticut voters.
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Is the state being honest with us about COVID?
For months we have been bombarded nonstop with COVID-19 statistics, both nationally and here in the state of Connecticut. TV stations give updates multiple times a day, in each newscast they do. We seem to be drowning in COVID information, but are we really getting all the facts that are relevant and helpful?
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Democrats pick Ritter as speaker, gear for COVID session
Three of the four state legislative caucuses chose new leaders Thursday.
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For Q-Poll and other election pollsters, 2020 mistakes are a repeat of 2016
‘There was a failure across the political universe when it came to polling,’ said political consultant Bill Burton.
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Lamont rules out tolls, waits for clarity in White House
The governor said the nation is hungry for a resolution.
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Dems unlikely to seize control in U.S. Senate
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy still hold out hope