CT News Junkie StaffOn Tuesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman rode a wave of constituent loyalty back from the ashes of his defeat by challenger Ned Lamont in the Aug. 8 primary. Forty-nine percent of Connecticut’s voters gave Lieberman a fourth six-year term – and he’ll likely need all of it to win back the liberal Democrats who’d given up on him, but who were only able to muster 40 percent of the vote for Lamont.

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Based on the amount of money raised in the three-way U.S. Senate race between Ned Lamont, Joseph Lieberman, and Alan Schlesinger, there’s no question Schlesinger got the most bang for his buck. Schlesinger, the Republican candidate who refused to concede at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday claiming only 20 percent of the precincts had been counted, said his campaign “got the most votes per dollar of any candidate.” He estimated that his campaign spent less than $1 per vote while the other two candidates raised more than $25 million during the campaign and “spent no less than $50 per vote.”

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Before introducing the victorious Gov. M. Jodi Rell, newly elected Lieutenant Gov. Michael Fedele admitted to the crowd of supporters at the Hartford Marriott, “six-months ago this was no where on my radar. Boy is it on the radar tonight.” Democrats including Rell’s challenger, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, have criticized Rell for her lack of campaigning. At his last stop before heading down to New Haven to watch the results roll in, DeStefano seemed upbeat as he posed for pictures with supporters at an East Hartford elementary school. “I’m positively optimistic,” DeStefano said.

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Mayor Eddie Perez with Joe’s son, Matt Lieberman, following the results in the Democratic primary. Jim Brewer photo
Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez was there Aug. 8 to support U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman during his defeat to Ned Lamont in the Democratic Primary, but he won’t be there Tuesday, Nov. 7.

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Scenes from Election Day around New Haven: Dixwell and Dwight voters grumbled about their new polling place; Joe Lieberman showed up at the Hall of Records, mum on his choice for governor; Atticus proved that man can vote on bread alone; Pat Dillon looked ahead to health care reform; sisters Gabrielle, Whitney and Sydney Curtis raised money for Edgewood Magnet School at a bake sale.

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Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. closed a nearly three-year longshot run for the governor’s mansion back where it all began, in a rally at New Haven’s Temple Street Plaza.

State Rep. Robert Farr, R-West Hartford, has no illusions about his chances Tuesday. He knows he’s a long shot in the race for attorney general, but that hasn’t stopped him from questioning the popular incumbent’s record. In the last few weeks of the campaign Farr has turned up the heat in radio ads that feature him and his wife talking about the $1.6 billion in child support Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has failed to collect.

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As support against the war in Iraq mounted U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman’s comments about the war seemed to morph, anti-war candidate, Ned Lamont pointed out Monday in his closing argument. Lamont’s comments were in response to Lieberman’s closing arguments given at his Hartford headquarters Sunday night. “Make no mistake, no one wants to get our troops home faster than I do.  The last thing I want is more war,” Lieberman said Sunday. Lamont pointed out how Lieberman has opposed setting a schedule to bring the troops home “every step of the way.”

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The wild race for U.S. Senate approached its close with a return to its roots: a focus on Iraq and the Bush White House. Vice-President Dick Cheney said on national TV once again that Connecticut voters will help terrorists if they elect Democrat Ned Lamont over incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. As his campaign bus turned down Orange Street for a raucous nighttime rally, Lamont had a response for Cheney. Click on the play arrow above to watch it; read on for more on the race.

The Quinnipiac University Poll doesn’t look much different than it did five days ago for candidates in the U.S. Senate race. Here’s what it found: Incumbent Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman holds a 50 - 38 percent likely voter lead over Democratic candidate Ned Lamont, with 8 percent for Republican Alan Schlesinger, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Five percent are undecided.  This compares to a 49 - 37 percent Sen. Lieberman lead over Lamont, with 8 percent for Schlesinger in a November 1 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh- pe-ack) University.  In this latest survey, Lieberman leads Lamont 79 - 3 percent among likely Republican voters, with 16 percent for Schlesinger, and 52 - 35 - 7 percent among independent voters, while likely Democratic voters back Lamont 66 - 27 percent.  “For Connecticut voters, Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s experience and record outweighed challenger Ned Lamont’s position on the war in Iraq,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D.  “It appears that Ned Lamont peaked in August and that Alan Schlesinger was never able to convince his fellow Republicans that he deserved their support.”