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7 Biggest Takeaways From CT Election Results
For Connecticut political history buffs, the Nov. 6 election delivered some major firsts and a predictably close race. Public opinion polls forecast it, and it proved true: Democrat Ned Lamont of Greenwich won the governor's race in a narrow victory over Republican Bob Stefanowski of Madison. As the attached map shows, Lamont's greatest support came from Fairfield County, the northeastern corner of Connecticut and the cities of Bridgeport, Danbury, New Haven, Hartford and Stamford. An anti-President Trump vote was seen as helping Lamont from Danbury to Westport. Close gubernatorial e…
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Another Political First For Connecticut: Sending Its First African-American Woman To Congress
There are so many new freshman members of the next U.S. House of Representatives -- more than 90 -- that some news gets lost in the transition. Connecticut scored another historic first on Election Day. Jahana Hayes will is the first African-American elected to Congress from the Nutmeg State. The former National Teacher of the Year scored an easy victory over Republican Manny Santos, former mayor of Meriden, in the open 5th Congressional District. Hayes' identity as a black woman was central to her campaign. “I know the system does not reflect us,’’ Hayes said in a video that went v…