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GOP's Foley Leads Potential Democratic Rivals in Conn. Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Tom Foley, former ambassador to Ireland, is leading Democrats Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy in the race to succeed GOP Gov. Jodi Rell who is not seeking re-election, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 1. Foley still needs to win the GOP nomination, but in a Quinnipiac University poll conducted March 9-15, he led his closest challengers -- Lt. Governor Michael Fedele and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton -- by 30 percent to 4 percent for each of them, although the real leader was "undecided" at 50 percent. The primary date for both parties is Sept. 7. Foley leads Lamont, a ...
GOP's Foley, Democrat Lamont Lead Primary Races for Connecticut Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Tom Foley, a businessman and former ambassador to Ireland, and Democrat Ned Lamont, best known for wresting the Democratic senatorial nomination from Joseph Lieberman in 2006, remain the frontrunners for their parties' nominations for governor of Connecticut, but large numbers of voters are still undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted March 9-15. Lamont leads Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, 28 percent to 18 percent, with three other candidates dividing 7 percent and 44 percent undecided. Three percent prefer another choice and 2 percent said they wouldn't vote. ...
Ned Lamont and Tom Foley Running Neck-and-Neck for Connecticut Governor Job
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe two frontrunners for their parties' nominations in the Connecticut governor race -- Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Thomas Foley -- are in a statistical dead-heat with Lamont leading by 40 percent to 37 percent with 9 percent preferring someone else and 14 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 1. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Matched against Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, Lamont leads 41 percent to 33 percent with 8 percent preferring someone else and 18 percent undecided. Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, Lamont's rival for the Democratic nomination, also ...
For Now, 'Undecided' Has the Lead in Race for Connecticut Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNed Lamont, helped by the name recognition he gained when he wrested the Democratic senate nomination from Joseph Lieberman in 2006, leads Democratic hopefuls running for the party's gubernatorial nomination, while on the GOP side, former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley is the frontrunner, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Jan. 14-19. ...
Dems Start Out with Lead in Connecticut Governor Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe three Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Connecticut's GOP Gov. Jodi Rell are all running ahead of the two Republicans eyeing her seat, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Jan. 4-5. Rell decided not to seek another term. Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz leads GOP Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele and businessman Tom Foley by over 20 points. Ned Lamont, who wrested the Democratic senate nomination from Joseph Lieberman in 2006 but lost the general election, leads both Republicans by about 10 points each as does former Stamford mayor Dan Foley. However, the number of undecided ...
Jodi Rell Decided Not to Run Again Even Though Her Numbers Were Improving
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyConnecticut's Republican Gov. Jodi Rell stunned a lot of people yesterday when she announced she would not seek re-election next year, but while a new survey from Quinnipiac released today showed her potentially vulnerable to a challenge from Democratic Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, the pollster said Rell appeared to be rebounding from her recent job-approval slump. ...
Fairweather Friend Joe Lieberman May Return to Democratic Party in 2012
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFrom The Hill comes word that Democratic-turned-Independent Senator Joe Lieberman may pull an about face and return to the party he scorned (and that scorned him) back in '06. Though he has made no official decision on whether to run again, let alone whether to do so as an Independent or as a Democrat, since Barack Obama was elected president, Lieberman has made several moves to patch things up with his former party. But it was Obama's gestures that really made the reunion a possibility when the president-elect voiced his support over the objections of many fellow Democrats for Lieberman to ...
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