Media coverage of CT political races in The Hartford Courant


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OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Leora Levy: Life begins at conception.     Themis Klarides: Pro-choice.

Budget & Economy     Christopher Shays: OpEd: Voted to raise the debt ceiling 8 times.     Susan Bysiewicz: Tax securities transactions $150B to fund mortgage relief.

Civil Rights     Bob Stefanowski: I'm a civil rights Republican, not a white nationalist.     Dan Malloy: Supports gay marriage and equal rights for all.

Corporations     Matthew Corey: Government regulations stifling small businesses.     Susan Bysiewicz: Too few politicians fail to take on Wall Street.     Susan Bysiewicz: Close Wall Street's hedge fund loophole.     Tom Foley: Investigate Economic and Community Development loan fraud.

Drugs     Matthew Corey: Attack drug companies & prescribing doctors first.

Education     Dan Malloy: $22M for new charter schools over three years.     Tom Foley: Ran on platform of school choice.

Families & Children     Dan Malloy: 21-year-old son arrested in robbery, suffering depression.     Matthew Corey: Investigate Hollywood's systematic sexual abuse.

Government Reform     Joe Visconti: State & feds should pay for construction inspection failures.

Gun Control     Dan Carter: Represented Newtown; but opposed gun control after shooting.     Prasad Srinivasan: It is person behind AR15s that bring about massacres.

Homeland Security     Chris Murphy: Impose a war tax to give citizens a stake in battle.     Chris Murphy: US aid to Israel had nothing to do with 9/11.     Susan Bysiewicz: If we had a draft, Iraq & Afghan wars would be shorter.

Jobs     Linda McMahon: We need to send job-creators to Washington.

Principles & Values     Linda McMahon: Blumenthal insults millions of WWE viewers by dismissing WWE.     Linda McMahon: WWE was provocative, but provided 700 jobs & work ethic.

Social Security     Linda McMahon: Bipartisan reforms but no privatization.

Technology     Chris Murphy: Massive infrastructure spending; great deals now.     Dan Malloy: Invest in Jackson Labs & Bioscience Connecticut.

War & Peace     Chris Murphy: Stark differences with Lieberman about the Iraq War.     Matthew Corey: Strong proponent of the war in Iraq.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Bob Stefanowski Connecticut Republican candidate for governor of Connecticut Chris Murphy Democratic Challenger Connecticut Christopher Shays Republican challenger (Lost primary) Connecticut Dan Carter Republican candidate for Senate Connecticut Dan Malloy Connecticut Democratic Governor Joe Visconti Connecticut Republican candidate for Connecticut Governor Leora Levy Republican Challenger Connecticut Linda McMahon Connecticut Former Small Business Administration Matthew Corey Republican Candidate for Connecticut U.S. Senator Connecticut Prasad Srinivasan Connecticut Republican candidate for Governor Susan Bysiewicz Democratic Challenger (Lost primary) Connecticut Themis Klarides Republican Challenger for Senate Connecticut Tom Foley Connecticut Republican challenger