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Republican power shift after Tuesday's municipal elections
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The Connecticut Republicans claimed extensive ground on the dominant Democrats in Tuesday’s municipal elections and are hoping to use the momentum in the much-anticipated 2010 election season, which will determine the candidates to occupy seats in Congress, the state’s General Assembly and Governor.
The GOP gained majority control in 17 municipalities this week, including the top positions of mayoral and first selectman in towns such as; Danbury, Greenwich, Manchester, Middletown, Milford, New Britain, Norwalk, Torrington and Wallingford.
Chris Healy, chairman of Connecticut’s Republican Party, said, “I think today Republicans are now the majority part of Main Street Connecticut”.
But Nancy DiNardo, chairwoman of the Connecticut Democrats, paints a different picture of the voters’ decisions.
“I’d caution my friends of the other side of the aisle from claiming that these local races – where local issues, local personalities and local relationships are often the most defining characteristics of a win or a loss – show a turning tide for Republicans in the state”.
Democrats still hold a majority in the General Assembly, all five seats in the U.S. House and have Senator Christopher Dodd, a Democrat, and Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Independent who still caucuses for Democrats, representing Connecticut in the U.S. Congress.
