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Election 2008: Connecticut

Posted by PATRICK EDABURN in Politics.
Jul 6th, 2008 | Comments

Like much of New England, Connecticut is one of the more Democratic states in the country so there will be little good news for the GOP this fall.

President: The state has not voted Republican in 20 years and there is almost no chance that this will change in the near future.

Safe Democrat

House: Connecticut holds the distinction of having the only GOP House member left in New England and there will be a real battle over that fact this fall. The Democrats should easily hold the 1st, 2nd and 3rd District.

In the 4th District, incumbent Christopher Shays (R) will face political activist Jim Himes. This will be a very close race but since Shays survived 2006 I would give him the edge

Leans Republican

In the 5th District freshman Chris Murphy (D) will face State Senator David Cappiello. While the GOP will work hard to take the seat back it will be hard to do so, especially with the Democratic trend in the state.

Leans Democrat

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elrod

You need to correct this. You refer to Carney and Markell as in the GOP.

Patrick E

Already fixed, but thanks.

Michael Merritt

Being from Connecticut, I also think Shays will probably hang on by a thread. However, I wouldn't be surprised if he lost. The hardly any more conservative Rob Simmons lost in 2006 in D2.

Of course, Shays represents the traditionally conservative part of the state, while Simmons had the misfortune of representing a more liberal part of the state with at least three colleges that were very active politically in 2006. Yet, even they only made him lose by 83 votes. I think if Shays is to lose, it will be nearly as close.

superdestroyer

Connecticut demonstrates that the Republicans are not the party of the rich. Connecticut has the highest per capita income of any state and is solidly Democratic. Connecticut is one of those states that demonstrates that the rich will vote Democratic as long as they do not live too close to blacks or Hispanics.

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