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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
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing Deadline (Major Parties): June 12, 2012
Filing Deadline (Independents): August 8, 2012
Filing Deadline (Third Parties): September 5, 2012
Primary: August 14, 2012
This
page was last updated on May 14, 2012

STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Dan
Malloy (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Nancy
Wyman (D)*
SECRETARY
OF THE STATE:
Denise
Merrill (D)*
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
George
Jepsen (D)*

STATE
TREASURER:
Denise
Nappier (D)*
STATE
COMPTROLLER:
Kevin
Lembo (D)*
GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
State
House - ( Democratic
Caucus - Republican Caucus
)
State Senate - ( Democratic
Caucus - Republican
Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
[
Joe Lieberman (Independent)*
- Retiring in 2012. ]
Susan Bysiewicz (D) - Ex-Secretary
of State, Ex-State Rep. & '10 Attorney General Candidate
Chris Murphy (D) - Congressman,
Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Brian Hill (R) - Attorney,
Navy Veteran & '10 Candidate
Peter Lumaj (R) - Attorney
Jason McCoy (R) - Vernon
Mayor, Ex-Vernon Town Councilman & Attorney
Linda McMahon (R)
- World Wrestling Entertainment Ex-CEO, State Board of Education
Member & '10 Nominee
Chris Shays (R)
- Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Rep., Financial Executive & Peace Corps
Veteran
Kie Westby (R) - Attorney,
Ex-Thomaston School Board Member & USMC Veteran
Paul Passarelli (Libertarian)
- Businessman & Ex-Republican

Richard
Blumenthal (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2016.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
John Larson (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Mike McDonald
(R) - Windsor Town Councilman, Ex-Windsor School Board Member
& Businessman
District
2:
Joe Courtney (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Paul Formica (R) - East Lyme First Selectman
Daria Novak (R) - Business
Consultant, Ex-US State Dept. Official & GOP Activist
Dan Reale
(Libertarian) - Writer, Ex-Technician & '08/'10 Nominee

District
3:
Rosa
DeLauro (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Steve Packard (R) -
IT Consultant & Website Designer
Wayne Winsley (R)
- Blogger, Ex-Radio Talk Show Host, Author & Ex-Danbury NAACP
President
District
4:
Jim Himes (D)* -
(Campaign Site)
Chris Meek (R) - Businessman
& Community Activist
Steve
Obsitnik (R) - Consulting Firm CEO & Navy Veteran
David Orner (R) - Banking
Executive & Navy Veteran
Richard Wieland (R) - Businessman,
Electrical Engineer & USAF Veteran

District
5:
[ Chris
Murphy (D)* - Candidate for US Senate in 2012. ]
Chris Donovan (D/WF)
- State House Speaker & Ex-Community Organizer
Elizabeth Esty (D)
- Ex-State Rep., Attorney & Community Activist
Dan Roberti (D) -
Public Relations Executive
Randy Yale (D) - Insurance
Underwriter & Community Activist
Justin Bernier (R)
- Ex-State Military Affairs Director, Afghan War Veteran &
'10 Candidate
Mike Clark (R) - Farmington
Town Council Chair, College Professor & Retired FBI Agent
Mark Greenberg
(R) - Businessman & '10 Candidate
Andrew Roraback (R)
- State Sen. & Attorney
Lisa Wilson-Foley (R)
- Businesswoman & '10 Lt.Gov. Candidate
John Pistone (Independent)
- Plumber & '10 Candidate

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Concerned
Citizens Party (Constitution)
Connecticut Democratic Party
Connecticut Green 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 Post (Bridgeport)
Danbury News-Times
Darien News-Review
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
Waterbury Republican-American
Westport Minuteman
BROADCAST MEDIA:
News-12 Connecticut (TV - Cablevision)
WFSB TV-3 (CBS - Hartford)
WTNH TV-8 (ABC -
New Haven)
WVIT TV-30 (NBC - Hartford)

BLOGS:
Auggie
V's CT Green Blog
Bob Greenberger
Colin
McEnroe
Connecticut Bob
Connecticut Commentary:
Red Notes from a Blue State
Connecticut Local Politics
Connecticut Weblogs
Corner Report
CT News Junkie
CT Progressive
Democrat (State Rep. David McCluskey)
Democracy for Connecticut
Hat City Blog
Media Attache
My Left Nutmeg
Peace Garden
Radio Free West Hartford
Stokes Report
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