Opponent Leora Levy calls him “out of touch,” but Sen. Richard Blumenthal is promoting his legislative history as he runs for reelection.
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Donald Trump to hold fundraiser for Leora Levy at Mar-a-Lago
Levy has been unable to afford TV advertising since winning the Republican primary, an upset fueled by Trump’s endorsement days earlier.
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Chris Murphy-backed election reforms bill gains Senate momentum
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.
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Leora Levy: Donald Trump ‘not on the ballot’ despite endorsement
Republican Leora Levy is running against U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, but CT voters still grapple with Donald Trump’s influence.
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CT GOP doing its best to ignore Trump’s baseless claims of stolen election
Trump’s insistence the election was rigged is a distraction that GOP candidates in Connecticut say they are intent on ignoring.
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‘Critical race theory’ divides, then unifies Guilford as Republican school board candidates are defeated
Unofficial returns show Guilford voters have decisively rejected a Republican school board slate organized in opposition to critical race theory.
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Lamont faults CDC on J&J vaccine pause: ‘I would have handled it differently’
Gov. Ned Lamont and other governors expressed dismay to the White House over pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Sen. Chris Murphy steps carefully as border politics ripple north
Sen. Chris Murphy offered mild criticism of the Biden administration and accused Republicans of using the issue as a distraction.
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Sunday in Hartford: Massive show of police, not protesters
Reporters outnumbered protesters. Cops outnumbered everyone. Sunday at the Connecticut Capitol was peaceful and well-documented.
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CT’s U.S. Representatives join the vote to impeach President Trump, and the state braces for protests
Donald J. Trump was impeached on a day when lawmakers in capitals like Hartford assessed threats that may await them.
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Romano says slow fundraising prompted his resignation
The timing of J.R. Romano’s resignation, delivered Tuesday night, inevitably links it with the second impeachment of President Donald Trump.
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J.R. Romano quits as CT GOP chair
Effective immediately, the Connecticut Republican Party has no state chair.
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CT Senators say danger of insurrection remains
The U.S. Capitol is secured, but U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy says the threat is not over.
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For CT teachers, Washington riot becomes a teaching tool
David Bosso of Berlin High School was teacher of the year in 2012. After David Bosso saw news of the riot in Washington, D.C., unfold Wednesday, he started thinking about how he would approach the issue with the students in his high school social studies class Thursday. “One of the things we want to do […]
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Trump admits loss as Democrats push long-shot removal
They think him unfit. But even some Democrats doubt they can remove Donald J. Trump before January 20.