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Mayor Mark Boughton said Tuesday that he hasn't ruled out a run for the governor's office.

Sen. John Cornyn has gotten kudos from many Republicans, and grudging admiration from some Democrats, for his recruiting efforts in the year he has chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Apparently, former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons believes that the people of Connecticut firmly support the war on terror - just as long as that war is fought far away from here in somebody else's backyard and doesn't disturb our everyday comfort and routine.

Sensing Sen. Chris Dodd's political vulnerability, the Connecticut Green Party is attempting to persuade its famous native son, Ralph Nader, to jump into the hotly contested 2010 Senate race.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley said Tuesday that he was considering dropping out of the U.S. Senate race and running for governor, a move that would shake up two political races.

With World Wrestling Entertainment first lady Linda McMahon stealing many of the headlines in Connecticut's Senate contest, fellow GOP candidate and Greenwich resident Thomas Foley is now opening the door to running for governor in 2010.

GOP chairman Chris Healy's game of musical chairs continues as Sam Caligiuri drops out of the senate race in order to campaign for the 5th Congressional District Republican nomination.

Sen. Jim DeMint has emerged as the leading benefactor for any Republican who wants to challenge the establishment candidates backed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

PALIN'S BOOK TOUR DE FORCE: Folks in Michigan waited in line for hours to see former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on tour for her new book, Going Rogue .

Kathleen Strelow Nov 14, 2009 Pro wrestling is about to put the "Smackdown" on the Connecticut Senate race.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner , as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill yesterday, was asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign.

Connecticut's Republican chairman Christopher Healy made a plea to State Senator Sam Caligiuri: please run for the House instead of the Senate.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the Obama administrationa s economic record and dismissed a call for his resignation from the senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee.

The Courant's Edmund H. Mahony reports the following: Buried in debate over the Obama administration's decision to try conspirators in the Sept.

In a move that would shake up two political races, the state Republican chairman called Tuesday for state Sen.

Pete Hoekstra, Rob Simmons and Mark Kirk are among the GOP candidates seeking an edge in the W.H. decision to try terror suspects on U.S. soil.

There's been lots of buzz in Connecticut that one of the five Republican candidates looking to challenge Sen.

While many pundits whistle past the graveyard of the Nov. 3 elections, the political professionals know the truth: There has been a stark shift of independents away from the Democrats.

Republicans may be able to use the current health care debate to their advantage in upcoming elections, some polls suggest.