My latest column for CTNewsJunkie.com:
Where does CT's GOP go from here? I'd say the outlook is bleak: thousands have left the party since the election in November. and the state party just hired as its head Trump's 2016 state campaign director. Trump has 30% approvals in CT. Problems? What problems?
The last time a Republican held statewide office was when Gov. M. Jodi Rell left the Capitol on New Year’s Day, 2011. The last Republican U.S. senator was Lowell Weicker, who was defeated in a reelection bid by Joe Lieberman in 1988. Chris Shays, the last GOP congressman, was denied reelection in 2008 when he lost to Democrat Jim Himes ...
The events of Jan. 6 did not sit well with most people in the land of steady habits. The GOP in Connecticut has lost more than 6,500 voters since Election Day 2020, nearly a 300% increase over the number who defected during the three-month period after the 2016 presidential election.
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