Former state Sen. Sam Caligiuri said Sen. Andrew Roraback’s ability to work with lawmakers of all ideologies make him the strongest candidate for the 5th Congressional district and an answer to partisan gridlock in Congress.

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Tags: Election 2012, Andrew Roraback, 5th District

After gaining statewide name recognition by spending a record-setting $50 million and saturating mailboxes and airwaves with advertising during her first bid for the U.S. Senate two years ago, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon is now focusing on retail politics.

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Tags: Linda McMahon, Ansonia, U.S. Senate, Labriola, Scott Benjamin

An expected request by President Barack Obama for a new round of military Base Realignment and Closures will be “dead on arrival” in Congress, according to a statement from members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation.

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Tags: New London, Courtney, Lieberman, Blumenthal, submarines, obama

Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays is no stranger to hard fought primaries. That’s what his wife, Betsi, told the crowd of supporters at the Old State House in Hartford where her husband officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

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Tags: Chris Shays, U.S. Senate, Linda McMahon, Besty Shays, Old State House, Hartford

New Haven Democrats gave Chris Murphy a rousing show of support for his U.S. Senate campaign—even as his opponent claimed some of them as her own backers.

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Bolstered by comments from the White House this weekend condemning certain aspects of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate, websites such as Mozilla, Wikipedia, MoveOn, Reddit, Wordpress, and 5,000 others will be “going black” for 12 hours Wednesday.

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Tags: MPAA, SOPA, PIPA, Chris Dodd, Connecticut delegation, technology, piracy

He heard the testimony and studied the maps and in the end Special Master Nathaniel Persily decided not to make significant changes to Connecticut’s five congressional districts.

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Newly appointed Supreme Court Special Master Nathaniel Persily heard testimony Monday on how Democrats, Republicans, and members of the public would draw the five congressional districts, if given a chance.

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Four of the seven members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation can count themselves as millionaires, according to disclosure statements complied by OpenSecrets.org.

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Two days earlier than anticipated the Supreme Court released its instructions for the special master appointed to oversee the drawing of Connecticut’s five congressional districts.

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