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Campaign Notebook: Primary Candidate Endorsements

Primary day is nearly upon us, and here are some of the endorsements the candidates have been compiling.

Senate 

Susan Bysiewicz (D): Bysiewicz has been endorsed by Representative Mary MushinskyNOW/PAC, the National Women's Political CaucusEMILY'sList. 

Chris Murphy (D): Murphy has been endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America, The New York Times, , , , , , , , , the Hartford Courant, Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic Party, the , the , the , 4,000 CT Communications Workers, and the West Hartford Democratic Town Committee.      

Linda McMahon (R): McMahon has been endorsed by , the , and .  She has also been endorsed by the Republican Town Committees in Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bozrah, Burlington, Chester, Colebrook, Columbia, Coventry, Cromwell, Danbury, East Hampton, East Windsor, Hebron, Kent, Lebanon, Middlebury, Monroe, Montville, New Britain, New Fairfield, Norfolk, Norwich, New Canaan, Plainville, Plymouth, Portland, Prospect, Roxbury, Salem, Scotland, Seymour, Southington, Stafford, Voluntown, Waterbury, and Woodbury.

In addition, McMahon has also been endorsed by National Committeewoman Pat Longo, National Committeeman John Frey, Former Ambassador Tom Foley, Former Secretary of the State Pauline Kezer, Mayors Mark Boughton, Tony Staffieri, Scott Kaupin, Tim Stewart, Patricia Murphy, Richard Moccia, Bob Chatfield, Mike Pavia, Ryan Bingham, Mike Jarjura, and Donna Hemmann, First Selectmen Robert Burbank, Leonard D'Amico, Bob Morra, Bill Rose, Mertie Terry, Jayme Stevenson, Allan Platt, Thomas Breakell, John E. Adams, Peter Tesei, Joe Mazza Paul DeStefano, Michael Criss, Leo Paul, Jon Brayshaw, John Hodge, Dan Jerram, Douglas Humes, Mike Freda, Jim Zeoli, George Temple, Barbara Henry, Daniel Syme, Kurt Miller, Richard Shuck, Tim Herbst, Jerry Stomski, and Allan walker, Senators Len Fasano, Tony Guglielmo, Rob Kane, John Kissel, Joe Markley, Michael McLachlan, Len Suzio, Jason Welch, Kevin Witkos. 

Christopher Shays (R): Shays has been endorsed by , , former Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, , The Day, the Redding Republican Town Committee, Karl Rove, State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, Peter Schiff

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Publius Redux June 18, 2013 at 08:28 pm
Liz: It should be "...Crush List that lets users...". When you type 'let's', it means 'letRead More us'.
Publius Redux June 18, 2013 at 08:26 pm
Hmm. Okay, so let me get this straight: if a legal American citizen drives drunk and kills someone,Read More this is bad according to MADD. But if an illegal alien does likewise, they (MADD) turn away and feign ignorance. I see. Yes, that makes perfect sense. Of course.
Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:29 pm
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Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:32 pm
The concluding paragraph from the item above: "Hopefully her 30-day experience will remove herRead More fear of firearms and help her recognize that the vast majority of American firearms owners have taken to their responsibility with the necessary seriousness and gravity required. Maybe she’ll also learn that no matter how many laws you pass, you can’t regulate irresponsibility out of existence. Grown-ups still have to be grown-ups. Maybe she will also learn how the Bill of Rights is supposed to work, and how one amendment strengthens another. At a minimum, people like Heidi Yewman should be passingly familiar with the Constitutional rights they’re agitating to take away from their fellow citizens."
Thomas Paine June 18, 2013 at 01:44 pm
PR - I am out of town Thursday evening but you should attend this one:Read More http://weston-ct.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/gun-violence-panel-at-trinity-episcopal-this-thursday_087922d8
Bethlehem Lutheran Church June 17, 2013 at 02:36 pm
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Publius Redux June 17, 2013 at 03:38 pm
A simple truth: when those who call Christ as King do that which He has commanded, we realize thatRead More none of us need the government's handouts, which is just a 'slave to the lender' mindset.
Ronnie Raygun June 17, 2013 at 09:32 am
never forget Newtown...!! (RNS) Each Father’s Day, Neil Heslin and his son, Jesse Lewis, usedRead More to go to a car show. But that tradition died when 6-year-old Jesse was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. This Father’s Day, Heslin, who has been active with other Sandy Hook parents in pushing for gun control legislation, is giving his support to the No Father’s Day campaign. Speaking at a media teleconference to launch the campaign, Heslin said, “Jesse was my only child, my only immediate family. I don’t have a father to share Father’s Day with.” Initiated by PICO National Network’s Lifelines to Healing Campaign, the campaign asks participants to send e-cards to Congress, urging passage of legislation to create universal background checks and end gun trafficking.
Ronnie Raygun June 17, 2013 at 09:32 am
(RNS) Each Father’s Day, Neil Heslin and his son, Jesse Lewis, used to go to a car show. ButRead More that tradition died when 6-year-old Jesse was shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. This Father’s Day, Heslin, who has been active with other Sandy Hook parents in pushing for gun control legislation, is giving his support to the No Father’s Day campaign. Speaking at a media teleconference to launch the campaign, Heslin said, “Jesse was my only child, my only immediate family. I don’t have a father to share Father’s Day with.” Initiated by PICO National Network’s Lifelines to Healing Campaign, the campaign asks participants to send e-cards to Congress, urging passage of legislation to create universal background checks and end gun trafficking.
Sanchez June 17, 2013 at 10:27 am
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Publius Redux June 14, 2013 at 11:17 pm
From linked article_______ "The victims “have a financial uncertainty, they need theRead More money,” Feinberg said. “You have to say, ‘Here’s the money, here’s what we’re doing with it.’” Some Newtown families say that didn't happen in their town. Lafferty-Hassinger posted to Facebook her frustration about the United Way requiring "proof of hardship" to determine how to distribute funds: "We shouldn't have to fight for what is rightfully ours, but we won't be taken advantage of in our darkest hour," she wrote. "We've all been walking a fine line between not wanting to profit from the death of our loved ones and not wanting someone else to profit from our source of grief. We went down when we were kicked, but we are Sandy Hook. It's time to stand back up."___________ I reckon my questions are thusly: What financial uncertainty is there in the death of a child, AND since when did money that is donated privately become something that is 'rightfully' belonging to someone else due to a tragedy that is not a natural event like a tornado or hurricane?