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Republican Wins State Senate Seat Serving Parts Of New Canaan Republican Wins State Senate Seat Serving Parts Of New Canaan
Republican Wins State Senate Seat Serving Parts Of New Canaan A Republican candidate from Connecticut was elected to the State Senate to reclaim a seat for the GOP in a special election in a district that was overwhelmingly won by President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Ryan Fazio was elected to the seat in Fairfield County on Tuesday, Aug. 17 in the 36th District in a special election that was forced by the resignation of Democrat Alex Kasser, who cited a contentious divorce from a top Morgan Stanley executive last year as a reason to step down. According to the GOP, the 36th Senate District was overwhelmingly won by Biden in 2020 by…

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COVID-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash COVID-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash
Covid-19: Fairfield County State Senate Candidate's Tweet On Healthcare Workers Sparks Backlash A school advocate and State Senate hopeful from Fairfield County is facing backlash after firing off an unpopular tweet about healthcare workers amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. JT Lewis, who lost his younger brother in the Sandy Hook shooting, was criticized on social media after stating that the pandemic is what the healthcare workers “signed up for.” “Unpopular take: didn’t nurses and doctors sign up for this? I have respect for the great job they’re doing but this is exactly what they signed up for,” Lewis posted in a since-deleted tweet on Tuesday, April 21. JT Lewi…

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Lamont Apparent Winner Of CT Governor's Race; Murphy, Himes Easily Re-elected Lamont Apparent Winner Of CT Governor's Race; Murphy, Himes Easily Re-elected
Lamont Apparent Winner Of CT Governor's Race; Murphy, Himes Easily Re-elected This story has been updated. Here's a rundown of the latest results from Tuesday's Midterm elections: Governor As of 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, Lamont has 661,560 votes to Republican Bob Stefanowski's 643,392 for a 48.4 percent to 47.1 percent advantage. Independent Oz Griebel has 54,108 votes for 4 percent. U.S. Senate Incumbent Chris Murphy (D) has easily defeated challenger Matthew Corey (R), 58 percent to 40 percent. U.S. Congress Jim Himes won Connecticut's 4th district by 23 percentage points over Harry Arora (R). State Senate, State House …

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