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Entrepreneur Ned Lamont burst into the public spotlight in 2006 when he won the Democratic Party¿s nomination away from Incumbent U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman ultimately kept his seat by running as an Independent, but Lamont¿s candidacy underscored the state¿s great dissatisfaction with the Iraq war and Lieberman¿s support of it. Lamont had relatively little experience in public office, but was able to use his great personal wealth to jump start his candidacy. Lamont founded a company named Lamont Digital Systems in 1984, providing college campuses around the country with educational cable television services. The firm is now called Campus Televideo. Lamont spent eight years i...
Entrepreneur Ned Lamont burst into the public spotlight in 2006 when he won the Democratic Party¿s nomination away from Incumbent U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman ultimately kept his seat by running as an Independent, but Lamont¿s candidacy underscored the state¿s great dissatisfaction with the Iraq war and Lieberman¿s support of it. Lamont had relatively little experience in public office, but was able to use his great personal wealth to jump start his candidacy. Lamont founded a company named Lamont Digital Systems in 1984, providing college campuses around the country with educational cable television services. The firm is now called Campus Televideo. Lamont spent eight years in Greenwich local government, chaired a state investment advisory council and has served as a policy member at the Brookings Institution. Lamont is a graduate of both Harvard and the Yale School of Management.
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Alma T. Bell, Baltimore: How will the relationship between rap mogul Russell Simmons and Michael [S.] Steele affect Steele's relationship with the religious right? Nitkin: Steele, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is a former Catholic seminarian...Tags: Lawyers, Regional Authority, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Executive Branch, Doug Johnson
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Political Knives Drawn For Senate Primaries
The Hartford CourantYou will receive a lot of attention between now and Aug. 14 if you are a Connecticut voter registered as a member of a political party. That's the date both parties select their nominee for the United States Senate in contentious primaries. Finding party...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Iraq, Freedom of the Press, Parties and Movements, Primaries
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Donovan To Step Back From House Speaker's Duties Amid Campaign Finance Director's Arrest
The Hartford CourantDemocrat Chris Donovan will temporarily relinquish some of his duties as speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives but is not abandoning his Congressional bid in the wake of a federal investigation that led to the arrest this week of his...Tags: Lawyers, George C. Jepsen, Regional Authority, Connecticut General Assembly, Executive Branch
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Greenwich: Ground Zero For Campaign Cash
The Hartford CourantIt seemed that everyone at the party was a millionaire. In one corner was NBA basketball star Grant Hill. In another was Linda McMahon, who spent $50 million of her own money in 2010 in a race for the U.S. Senate. Nearby was David Einhorn, who made...Tags: L. Scott Frantz, Executive Branch, Mutual Funds, Christopher Dodd, Mitt Romney
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'Not A Big Difference' In Democratic Senate Debate
The Hartford CourantNEW BRITAIN — Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Susan Bysiewicz sparred in their first one-on-one debate Thursday morning, with Murphy saying he's the guy with the experience to get things done and Bysiewicz portraying herself as...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Kirsten Gillibrand, Central Connecticut State University, Elizabeth Warren, Scott P. Brown
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Murphy, Bysiewicz In First 1-On-1 U.S. Senate Debate
The Hartford CourantDemocratic U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Susan Bysiewicz will face one another Thursday morning at their first formal debate since the Democratic state convention. The debate, presented by the WNPR public affairs program "Where We Live," will...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Democratic Party, Chris Murphy
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Bysiewicz, Murphy Square Off Thursday in Their First One-On-One Debate
The Hartford CourantDemocratic U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Susan Bysiewicz will face on-another Thursday at their first formal debate since the Democratic state convention. The debate, presented by the WNPR public affairs program “Where We Live,”...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Democratic Party, Chris Murphy
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Ned Lamont: Give Small Businesses A Boost
The Hartford CourantConnecticut has had zero net job creation since 1988. We have our jobs strategy exactly backward. Jobs are created by small business and shed by large business, yet Connecticut subsidizes big business and penalizes small business. Increasingly, big...Tags: Personal Income, Business, Taxation, Companies and Corporations, Income Tax
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Greenwich Mourns Death Of Former Sen. Bennie Benvenuto; Ran Against Ned Lamont And Bill Nickerson In Three-Way 1990 State Senate Race
Greenwich politicians are still mourning the recent death of former state Sen. Emil "Bennie'' Benvenuto, who was ostracized from the Republican Party after supporting independent Lowell P. Weicker for governor in 1990. Benvenuto was a longtime fixture in...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, John G. Rowland, U.S. Senate, Veterans Affairs, Defense
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Segarra's Campaign Gets Boost As Key Opponent Steps Aside
The Hartford CourantSaying that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had urged him to put his "differences aside" with Mayor Pedro Segarra, Shawn Wooden withdrew from the mayor's race Thursday and said he would instead run for city council. Wooden, a city lawyer who was considered...Tags: Democratic National Conventions, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Pedro E. Segarra, Dannel P. Malloy
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