Politics & Government

NJ Gov. Chris Christie Campaigns for McMahon

Campaign Notebook: News and updates from the campaign trail in Connecticut.

Senate

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came to Connecticut to stump for Linda McMahon on Monday. The governor, a rising star in the Republican Party, planned to partake in rallies in Stamford, Waterbury and Glastonbury.

Chris Murphy’s camp criticized the two Republicans in a statement.

“Chris Christie and Mitt Romney’s tax cuts for millionaires and tax hikes for the middle class have failed time and again, but Linda McMahon wants to give them another try in Connecticut,” said campaign spokesman Ben Marter. 

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Second District

Paul Formica (R) has his first TV ad of the campaign. In it, Formica hits his familiar theme of bringing common sense to Washington D.C.

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Joseph Courtney (D) and Mansfield Mayor Betsy Paterson toured the newly-opened businesses at the Storrs Center project in Mansfield today. In 2007 and 2008, Courtney's office said, the congressman helped secured more than $1.2 million in federal money for the project.


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