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Longtime CT Senator, Former VP Candidate From Fairfield County Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Longtime CT Senator, Former VP Candidate From Fairfield County Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82
Longtime CT Senator, Former VP Candidate From Fairfield County Joe Lieberman Dies At Age 82 Joe Lieberman, who represented Connecticut in the US Senate for more than two decades and ran alongside Al Gore during his historically unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2000, has died at the age of 82. The Democrat-turned-Independent died Wednesday, March 27, in New York after suffering complications from a fall, according to NBC News. "Senator Lieberman’s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest," the outlet quoted his family as saying. News of his death sparked a flood of tributes from across the political spectrum. A…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Lamont's First Salvo Links Stefanowski To Trump As President Tweets His Endorsement Lamont's First Salvo Links Stefanowski To Trump As President Tweets His Endorsement
Lamont's First Salvo Links Stefanowski To Trump As President Tweets His Endorsement Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont’s general election campaign is in its first day, and he’s already been pushed to flag Republican nominee Bob Stefanowski’s ties to President Donald Trump, according to Tweets and multiple news reports.  Lamont, a former cable TV executive from Greenwich, also criticized Stefanowski for his plan to eliminate the personal income tax in Connecticut. “These Republicans, these are not George and Barbara Bush Republicans, these are not old-fashioned Connecticut Republicans and these are not Connecticut values,” Lamont said, hours after Trump endorsed …

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by Jon Craig