You have to love it. In the midst of the worst recession in decades, when Connecticut's jobless rolls are swollen and populist anger supposedly sweeping the landscape, we might wind up with an all-Greenwich ticket in the general election.
Some of the most likely contenders for governor and U.S. Senate hail from the tony town in Fairfield County, including Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Foley and Linda McMahon, a GOP Senate possibility.
On the Democratic side, Ned Lamont, who's eyeing the governorship, and Richard Blumenthal, who wants to claim U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd's seat, are also from Greenwich.
On the other hand, working class Bristol has not a single prospective candidate for statewide office.
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6 comments:
When was the last time we did?
I believe the only statewide winner from Bristol ever came almost half a century ago when Bernard Grabowski was elected as a congressman from a district that covered the whole state. As best I can tell, nobody else from Bristol ever ran statewide in the general election.
There may well have been some primary candidates statewide, however.
Anybody know anything more?
Mike Werner reminded me on FB that he ran for secretary of the state in 1982. He lost.
Wally Barnes ran for Gov in 1970 aganist Meskill
I knew Wally ran, but that was a primary, not the general election.
I went through the Blue Book once and figured out that nobody from Bristol ever held statewide office except for Grabowski. But I couldn't tell if anyone had run and lost.
Anyone know of others?
I hope some of these Greenwich candidates are successful in their bids for office (except Ned Lamont, who is as dumb as a stump). They seem to know how to manage money better than the officials we have now.
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