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In reply to the discussion: Only ONE Senate Candidate Campaigned With Obama &... [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)We had a surprisingly popular (snake oil salesman) republican governor who was elected to his third term several years ago. Shortly after the election his opponent said that not only wouldn't John Rowland finish his third term in office, but "he wouldn't finish his third term at large", meaning he was corrupt and would wind up in jail.
Sure enough, a year or so later he resigned, was indicted, convicted, and spent a year in jail, essentially summer camp.
His Lieutenant Governor became governor, and she was re-elected seemingly out of sympathy. She was a nice woman, but NOT governor material. She then decided to not run again. Turns out she was spending less than 8 hours a MONTH working.
That opened it up for new candidates - Malloy for the Democrats and Foley for the republicans. Malloy won by about 5000 votes (it took a week for the final decision, and ruined our election night celebration) This week he was re-elected in favor of the same opponent, but by almost 30,000 votes.
As a footnote - earlier this year Rowland was again indicted for campaign finance fraud and other infractions, and last month was convicted again. He's due to be sentenced in January, probably going away for at least 5 years, maybe lots more.
Sordid, huh?
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