Richard Blumenthal

Democrat Richard Blumenthal has been Connecticut's attorney general since 1991 and previously served in the state House and Senate. He came under fire in May for falsely saying he had served in Vietnam.

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CONNECTICUT

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Latest Richard Blumenthal News

House Republicans Revive Abortion as Hot-Button Issue

By Andrea Stone

WASHINGTON -- The annual March for Life disbanded on Capitol Hill last month, but the controversy over abortion lingers on as Republicans in Congress put the perennial hot-button issue at the top of ...

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Blumenthal Takes Down Onetime Wrestling CEO Linda McMahon in Connecticut

By Tom Diemer

After a costly and colorful campaign, Democrat Richard Blumenthal trounced Republican Linda McMahon -- onetime CEO of Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment -- in the race for the U.S. Senate in ...

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Linda McMahon Loses in US Senate Race

By Brian Fritz

While Linda McMahon had plenty of money at her disposal, it wasn't enough to help her win the U.S. Senate race in Connecticut. Multiple outlets including The Wall Street Journal and CNN.com are ...

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Democrats Barely Hold Onto Majority in Senate

By Andrea Stone

(Nov. 2) -- In what was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dark election day for Democrats, the party will keep control of the Senate, but with a slim margin and several tea party Republicans ...

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Governor, Senate Poll Roundup: Looking at the Closest Races

By Bruce Drake

A flood of new polls on this year's key governor and Senate races came out Sunday and Monday, and here are the ones that showed the tightest races and those where the margins are larger, but the ...

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all Connecticut races

Senate

Democrat

Richard Blumenthal

Republican

Linda McMahon

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Governor

Democrat

Dan Malloy

Republican

Tom Foley

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

House

House Districts

DATA FROM: CQ-ROLLCALL Politics

Latest From the Web

May 27, 2012

Senate bill may be boon for local, state defense contractors

Source: The Day - New London CT

Connecticut lawmakers are taking steps to stop the Pentagon from buying Russian-made helicopters for the Afghan military and to enable American aircraft manufacturers to compete for contracts.

May 24, 2012

Prescription Drug Reimportation Amendment Fails Again in Senate

Source: Firedoglake

The Senate has spent the day on a must-pass FDA bill that reauthorizes a user fee from drug companies to finance FDA operations, in addition to making other changes to how the FDA deals with drug shortages.

May 24, 2012

Dems clash over experience in Conn. Senate debate

Source: Record-Journal - Meriden CT

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy and former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz agreed Thursday on many of the same ideas for jumpstarting the nation's flagging economy, but clashed over who is better qualified to be Connecticut's next U.S. senator.

May 24, 2012

WATCHDOGS: Senate Dems' pay gap on women

Source: The Weekly Standard - Washington DC

A group of five Senate Democrats convened a news conference earlier this week to demand passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act. So WFB did a little research and discovered that the five might want to take a look at the pay gap on their own staffs.

May 22, 2012

Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Campaign for Primary Accountability targets Ralph Hall

Source: Daily Kos

As expected, zillionaire pro-wrestling mogul Linda McMahon handily beat ex-Rep. Chris Shays at the statewide GOP convention this past weekend, earning 60.