Connecticut Republicans hope to break Democrat lock on House

Each candidates spent Election Day visiting polling stations all through the sprawling district, shaking arms with voters earlier than they forged their ballots within the intently watched race.

Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee, has twice visited New Britain, the place the RNC this yr opened a neighborhood middle as a part of an outreach effort and a key metropolis within the district.

“We’re going to flip Connecticut, and we’re going to ship them a message — sufficient is sufficient,” McDaniel stated at an occasion in September, referring to Democrats.

Republicans haven’t held a Home seat in Connecticut since former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays misplaced in 2008 to Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, who nonetheless holds the seat representing a southwestern a part of the state.

Hayes is the primary Black lady to characterize Connecticut in Congress.

Logan, the son of immigrants from Guatemala, is a mechanical engineer and neighborhood relations director at a water firm. He is additionally a guitarist in a Jimi Hendrix tribute band. Regardless of being labeled as too excessive by Democrats, he has portrayed himself as a social average and financial conservative.

Logan says he helps abortion rights and opposes a federal ban however backs a parental notification requirement. He has accused Hayes and the Democrats of attempting to “scare” voters about what he would possibly do in Congress.

“My opponent and the Democrat management insiders repeatedly put out false assault advertisements about my place,” he stated throughout a current debate. “I might not assist a nationwide ban on abortion. It does not matter to me who within the Congress would need one.”

Hayes has stated it is unlikely Logan would go in opposition to Republican Home management.

“If anybody on this room thinks that the Congressional Management Fund is placing hundreds of thousands of {dollars} into the marketing campaign of somebody that they cannot belief will vote for the issues that they want, then you might be all sadly mistaken,” Hayes stated in the course of the debate.

The nationwide GOP can also be concentrating on Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, who was first elected to Congress in 2006 to characterize the 2nd Congressional District in jap Connecticut. Courtney has billed himself as somebody with a report of successfully working with Democrats and Republicans.

His challenger, Republican state Rep. Mike France, a retired U.S. Navy officer and chair of the Normal Meeting’s conservative caucus, has described Courtney as presenting himself as a average whereas he is within the district and persistently voting with the Democrats when he is in Washington.

“Connecticut Joe Courtney talks however D.C. Joe Courtney votes,” an announcer says in a France TV advert.

Two minor occasion candidates are additionally working within the race.

Within the 4th Congressional District, Himes is looking for his eighth time period. He is being challenged by Republican Jayme Stevenson, an abortion rights supporter who served greater than a decade as Darien’s first selectman.

Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson is looking for his thirteenth time period representing the first Congressional District, which spans northern and central components of the state, together with Hartford. He is being challenged by Dr. Larry Lazor, who describes himself as a average Republican. A minor occasion candidate can also be working.

And Democratic U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is looking for her seventeenth time period in workplace within the third Congressional District, which incorporates areas of southern and central Connecticut. She is being challenged by Republican Lesley DiNardis, a school administrator, in addition to two minor occasion candidates.

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