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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Connecticut’s state primary
John Larson and Ned Lamont face primary challenges as Democrats test whether veteran incumbents can hold off better-funded rivals.
- On Tuesday, Connecticut voters head to the polls as two veteran Democratic incumbents, U.S. Rep. John Larson and Governor Ned Lamont, face primary challenges in their reelection bids.
- Larson, seeking a 15th term, faces former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune, and state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, while Lamont faces state Rep. Josh Elliott.
- Campaign finance records show Lamont invested $9.5 million of personal funds, far outspending Elliott, who received about $3.8 million in public funding; both candidates raised just shy of $400,000 from individual donors.
- With about 43,000 Democratic primary ballots already cast as of Friday, The Associated Press Decision Team is monitoring results for winners in contested races after polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
- Connecticut election law triggers automatic recounts if vote margins are less than 0.5% or 2,000 votes, and a tie vote results in a runoff, which state officials call an "adjourned election.
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Haitian-born attorney challenges longtime congressional rep in Connecticut
Ruth Fortune arrived in the United States from Haiti at 12, spent much of her adolescence without legal immigration status and eventually became an attorney and member of the Hartford Board of Education. On Tuesday, she is asking Democratic voters in Connecticut to send her to Congress. Fortune, 38, is one of three challengers trying to unseat Rep. John B. Larson in the Democratic primary for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District, a Hartford-…
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