| CONNECTICUT
Your
complete directory of Connecticut candidates for Governor, State
Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election
cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election
office ... and state news sources.
CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing Deadline (Major Parties): Late June, 2008
Filing Deadline (Independents): August 2008
Filing Deadline (Third Parties): September 2008
Primary: August 12, 2008
This
page was last updated on May 10, 2008
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
M. Jodi Rell (R)*
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.
LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Michael
Fedele (R)*
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Susan
Bysiewicz (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Richard Blumenthal (D)*
STATE
TREASURER:
Denise
Nappier (D)*
STATE
COMPTROLLER:
Nancy Wyman (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY:
State
House - ( Democratic
Caucus - Republican Caucus
)
State Senate - ( Democratic
Caucus - Republican
Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
Chris
Dodd (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2010.
Joe
Lieberman (Independent Democrat)* - Next Election in
2012.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
John Larson (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Joseph Visconti
(R) - West Hartford Town Councilman & Businessman
District
2:
Joe Courtney (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Dan Craig (R) - Ex-FEMA Official & GOP Activist
Sean Sullivan (R) - Attorney
& Retired Naval Officer
G. Scott
Deshefy (Green) - Ex-Montville School Board Chair & Retired
Environmental Analyst
Dan Reale
(Libertarian) - Writer, Ex-Lab Technician & Ron Paul Campaign
Activist
Todd Vachon (Socialist)
- Carpenter & Ex-Teacher
District
3:
Rosa
DeLauro (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Paul Streitz (R) - Market Researcher, Anti-Immigration Activist,
Vietnam War Veteran & '04/'06 US Senate Candidate
District
4:
Chris Shays (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Bob Duff (D) - State Sen.
Jim Himes (D) -
Greenwich Democratic Chair & Non-Profit Group Executive Director
Ted Kennedy Jr. (D) - Son of US Senator Ted Kennedy
Andrew McDonald (D) - State Sen.
Jim Shapiro
(D) - State Rep. & Attorney
Lee Whitnum (D) - Non-Profit
Group Executive, Ex-Teacher & Ex-Defense Contractor
Richard Duffee (Green)
- Teacher, Attorney & '06 Candidate
District
5:
Chris Murphy (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
David Cappiello (R)
- State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Mortgage Loan Officer
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Concerned
Citizens Party (Constitution)
Connecticut Democratic Party
Connecticut Green Party
Guilty Party
Independent Party
of Connecticut
Connecticut Labor Party
Libertarian Party of Connecticut
Connecticut Republican Party
Socialist Party of
Connecticut
Connecticut Working
Families Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
PRINT
MEDIA:
Bristol Press
Connecticut Local Politics
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport)
Danbury News-Times
Darien News-Review
Fairfield Citizen-News
Fairfield County Weekly
Fairfield County - Hersam
Acorn Community Newspapers
Greenwich Time
Hartford Advocate
Hartford Courant -
(Politics)
Manchester Journal-Inquirer
Meriden Record-Journal
Middletown Press
Moodus Hometown News
New Britain Herald
New Haven Advocate
New Haven Register
New London Day
Newtown Bee
Norwalk Advocate
Norwich Bulletin
Stamford Advocate
Torrington Register-Citizen
Umoja News (African-American)
Waterbury Republican-American
Westport Minuteman
Westport News
BROADCAST MEDIA:
News-12 Connecticut (TV - Cablevision)
WFSB TV-3 (CBS - Hartford)
WTNH TV-8 (ABC -
New Haven)
WVIT TV-30 (NBC - Hartford)
BLOGS:
Almost Connecticut
Auggie
V's CT Green Blog
Blogmeister USA
Bob Greenberger
Caffeinated
Geek Girl
Colin
McEnroe
ConnCon
Connecticut Blog
Connecticut Bob
Connecticut Commentary:
Red Notes from a Blue State
Connecticut Conservative
Connecticut Independent
Media Center
Connecticut Law
Blog
Connecticut
Local Politics
Connecticut Political
Watch
Connecticut Weblogs
Corner Report
CT
Blue
CT News Junkie
CT Progressive
Democrat (State Rep. David McCluskey)
Democracy for Connecticut
Enigmatic Paradox
Ex-Donkey Blog
Fifth Congressional District Watch
Hat City Blog
Independent Media Center
La Resistance
Media Attache
My Left Nutmeg
Noonz Wire
No Treason
Nutmeg Pundit
Orient Lodge
Peace Garden
Radio Free West Hartford
Right Talk CT
Second Congressional
District Watch
Stokes Report
Swing
State Project: Connecticut
Tim White Listens
Without A Purpose
YourNews2.com
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