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Must Read: Courant Reporters Across State Follow Voting

By Rick Green On November 6, 2012 · 2 Comments

Matt Sturdevant and a team of Courant journalists across the state are posting up-to-the-minute reports from the polls all day. Check in often. Go here.

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Politics Makes For Strange Bedfellows: 2nd District Edition

By Daniela Altimari On November 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

First there was Christie and Obama, now there’s Courtney and Formica.

Republican Paul Formica, the first selectman of East Lyme, is running against U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney in Connecticut’s 2nd District but the storm has pushed politics aside.

Formica told the Courant’s Dave Altimari that he hasn’t thought about the election since last Friday when [...]

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Hangin’ With Paul Formica

By Rick Green On September 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

No cheap shots. No attacks. Just Paul Formica at the county fair. Refreshing. Formica is running for Congress as the Republican nominee in the 2nd District.

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