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Oz Griebel Expected To Play 'Spoiler' Role In Next Week's Governor Election Oz Griebel Expected To Play 'Spoiler' Role In Next Week's Governor Election
Oz Griebel Expected To Play 'Spoiler' Role In Next Week's Governor Election This story has been updated. With Ned Lamont and Bob Stefanowski nearly deadlocked in recent public opinion polls, a third candidate is expected to play a key roll in the Nov. 6 election. Political observers are saying that Richard "Oz" Griebel, a former Republican running as an independent could sift decisive votes away from the two major party candidates. University experts, pollers and party officials predict Griebel could receive at least 6 to 7 percent of the statewide vote -- especially in Hartford County -- and more likely harm Stefanowski of Madison than Lamont of Greenwi…

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by Jon Craig
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Polls Shows CT Gubernatorial Race Could Go Down To Wire Polls Shows CT Gubernatorial Race Could Go Down To Wire
Polls Shows CT Gubernatorial Race Could Go Down To Wire New public-opinion polls predict a tight race for the governorship in the coming months. The Nov. 6 election for an open seat is between Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski, who each won their political party primary races on Aug. 14. The winner of the general election succeeds Democrat Dannel P. Malloy, a two-term governor who decided not to seek re-election this fall. Lamont of Greenwich is running ahead of Stefanowski of Madison in both the new Sacred Heart University/Hearst Connecticut Media Poll and holds an even wider lead in a Quinnipiac University Poll. Both public-…

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by Jon Craig