Rob Simmons News

Norwich - The Connecticut Second District Tea Party Patriots held a rally on Chelsea Parade in Norwich Saturday, July 4, 2009.

I urge all fellow veterans and active-duty military personnel in Connecticut to back Rob Simmons for Senate.

As the calendar flips from June to July, we are now halfway through 2009 . Sanford and Lieberman made some news today, but there is campaign news as well on this first Wednesday of July: NJ-Gov: New FD Polls Shows A Tighter Race Between Corzine-Christie? When an incumbent is losing, it is hard to ever consider it GOOD news for the incumbent.

Libertarian economic commentator Peter Schiff would run competitively against embattled Sen.

Former Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley is reaching into deep pockets and out to the ex-ambassadors' club to try to snag a U.S. Senate seat.

His accent is unmistakable, but his voice sounds frail, less robust, and his face looks drawn.

Critics are saying that Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., cannot handle his role in financial regulatory reform while he sits in for ailing Sen.

The Simmons for Senate campaign today announced the endorsement of former U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson .

"Public officials aren't supposed to change their minds," he writes. "But I firmly believe that it's important to keep learning.

As President Obama today applauded a prescription drug deal he called a "major step forward" in health care reform, Sen.

Sen. Edward Kennedy is going to bat in a new TV campaign ad for longtime pal Sen.

The evening's purpose: honor two civically active New Haven couples, and support a yeshiva and a neighborhood.

While Rob Simmons may continue to be the only one who speaks for Rob Simmons in the increasingly bizarre GOP CT-SEN primary, it appears other surname-sharing Simmonses in the CT GOP may be planning to break ranks and speak for themselves.

Ron Paul may have faded to the sidelines since his much-publicized presidential campaign, but his distinct brand of libertarianism will be continuing on in two high-profile Senate campaigns.

A new appraisal of the Irish cottage owned by Sen. Christopher Dodd concludes that it is worth about three times as much as Dodd has been reporting on his financial disclosure forms.

A handful of investors made fortunes predicting the current financial crisis, but one Wall Streeter may try to parlay his prescient warnings into a political career.

Conn., takes part in a news conference in Washington on health care legislation.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is so ubiquitous these days that it's beginning to feel like the 1990s all over again.

Many Democratic candidates are planning to run against two Republicans in the next election - their GOP opponent and former president George W. Bush .

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will be tonight's featured speaker at the Connecticut GOP's 31st Annual Prescott Bush Awards Dinner.