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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Congressional Delegation 3 State Government 4 Connecticut Counties 5 Elections 6 Political parties and organizations 7 News, Media 8 Political Blogs 9 See also

Introduction

Connecticut, the 'constitution state', became the fifth state of the union on Jan. 9, 1788. Its capital is Hartford Connecticut's third largest city after Bridgeport and New Haven. Connecticut is part of the New England region and holds the distinction of being the wealthiest state in the country.

Ranked 29th in population, according to the 2000 census, with 3,405,565. Connecticut ranks 4th in population density.

Connecticut tends to vote Democratic for presidential and congressional elections. Connecticut has given its electoral votes to Democratic presidential candidates in the past four presidential elections. In 2004 election, John Kerry had a comfortable margin of 10 percentage points with 54.3% of Connecticut's popular vote. George W. Bush had only won Litchfield County at a small margin. Connecticut Republicans tend to be more liberal than their counterparts in many other states. The majority of Republican senators voted in favor of the civil unions bill, which passed the General Assembly, and was signed into law in 2005.

To date, 21 citizens of Connecticut have been killed in the War in Iraq.

Congressional Delegation

• U.S. Senate
  • Senior Senator: Joe Lieberman (I-New Haven)
  • Junior Senator: Richard Blumenthal (D-East Haddam)

• House of Representatives
  • CT-01: John Larson (D-East Hartford)
  • CT-02: Joe Courtney (D-Vernon)
  • CT-03: Rosa DeLauro (D-New Haven)
  • CT-04: Jim Himes (D-Greenwich)
  • CT-05: Chris Murphy (D-Cheshire)

• US Congressional Delegations from Connecticut (Wikipedia)

State Government

• Executive Branch
  • Governor: Dan Malloy (D)
  • Lt. Governor: Nancy Wyman (D)
  • Secretary of State: Denise Merrill (D)
  • State Treasurer: Denise Nappier (D)
  • Attorney General: George Jepsen (D)
  • State Comptroller: Kevin Lembo (D)

• Legislative Branch
  • Connecticut General Assembly

• Judicial Branch
  • Connecticut Judicial Branch

• State Constitution
  • Connecticut State Constitution (Connecticut State Library)

Connecticut Counties

• Conncecticut County Selection Map (U.S. Census)
• Find a County (National Association of Counties}

Elections

• Secretary of State (Connecticut Secretary of State)

Political parties and organizations

• Connecticut Democratic Party
• Connecticut Republican Party
• Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG)
• Connecticut Young Democrats

News, Media

• Hartford Courant daily
• New Haven Register daily
• (Bridgeport) Connecticut Post daily
• New London Day daily
• Danbury News Times daily
• Hartford Advocate alt-weekly
• WFSB-CBS, Hartford TV
• WVIT-NBC, Hartford TV
• WTNH-ABC, New Haven TV
• News 12 Connecticut TV

Political Blogs

• Connecticut Bob
• CTBlue
• CT Progressive Democrat
• Daily Kos: Connecticut
• Democracy for Connecticut
• Hat City (Danbury)
• My Left Nutmeg

See also

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