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Republican Takes Fairfield County State Senate Seat In District Biden Won By 25 Points Republican Takes Fairfield County State Senate Seat In District Biden Won By 25 Points
Republican Takes Fairfield County State Senate Seat In District Biden Won By 25 Points 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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by Zak Failla
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Vote Now In Our Poll: Gap Tightening In CT Race For Governor Vote Now In Our Poll: Gap Tightening In CT Race For Governor
Vote Now In Our Poll: Gap Tightening In CT Race For Governor As the Republican underdogs predicted, the gap is closing between GOP-endorsed gubernatorial candidate Mark Boughton, the mayor of Danbury, and at least two of the Connecticut high-tech entrepreneurs, investors and business executives who have poured millions of their own money into primary election challenges. The primary election is on Tuesday, Aug. 14. You can request an absentee ballot until Monday, Aug. 13, but registration closed at noon on Thursday, Aug. 9. There is a separate primary runoff that pits two Democrats -- Ned Lamont of Greenwich and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim -- against …

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by Jon Craig
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Handler Will Be Right At Home In New Canaan GOP Gubernatorial Debate Handler Will Be Right At Home In New Canaan GOP Gubernatorial Debate
Handler Will Be Right At Home In New Canaan GOP Gubernatorial Debate New Canaan will be hosting the Connecticut Republican Party’s fourth and final gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, April 18 on the home turf of one of the more than a dozen GOP challengers. New Canaan resident Michael Handler is poised to take another major step forward in his bid for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s seat, as his campaign announced last month that it surpassed a key fundraising threshold. Handler is Stamford’s chief financial officer, a post he has held since 2012, serving under a Republican and now a Democratic mayor. Handler has been aggressive in "shining a spotlight on the …

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by Jon Craig