It looks like an analysis by Ballotpedia, an online political almanac, which said that nearly 9 in 10 state legislators running for re-election face no competition is inaccurate.
When I have more time, I will get a response from them.
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7 Responses to UPDATE: Readers Dispute Study Saying Most Legislators Face No Competition
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We’ve only got ourselves to blame. We all know great people who would make fine representatives. Go get them, twist their arms and talk them into running.
Anything less indicates an acceptance of the status quo.
Connecticut can be revitalized only if the General Assembly first gets a BIG shake-up.
“…in 153 of the 187 (81.8%) districts, there will be only one major party candidate in the general election.”
I don’t know where this statement comes from, but it simply isn’t true (thank goodness!). According to the Balletpedia website, 6 of 36 Senate seats and 36 of 151 House seats have only one major party candidate, so 42 of 187 total legislative seats are essentially unconstested–too many, but not so bad as the article indicates.
This is completely inaccurate. Of the 187 seats up in the state legislature in Connecticut 30, or 16%) seats have only one major party candidate. Please start fact-checking before writing your columns…this was not difficult information to obtain. It is available on the Secretary of the State’s website: http://www.statementofvote-sots.ct.gov/StatementOfVote/WebModules/ReportsLink/CandOfficeTitleCurrentYear.aspx.
Thanks for the correction, Count Pete. The headline seemed way off based on the few districts I know about — it just didn’t seem possible so many districts were uncontested.
“Readers Dispute Study…”? “It looks like…is inaccurate”? How about the study is wrong and you didn’t fact-check before writing about it? How about a headline that reads: “The Study is Wrong” and how about writing “The analysis by Ballotpedia is inaccurate.” Your explanation suggests that this is somehow up for dispute. This is not a matter of opinion, it is a fact, and all you have to do is look at Secretary of the State’s website to verify that you and Ballotpedia were wrong.
Thanks Jennifer. In the past I have found Ballotpedia to be trustworthy. I have a call into them and I hope to have more tomorrow.
Ha ha ha ha…. That’s funny. The cut and paste guy at work. Same thing you do when it comes to education and its “reform”.