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Luke Bronin beat out 14-term incumbent John Larson for the Democratic nomination for Connecticut’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday night — and the margins were not tight, even across different demographic groups in the district...

Chris Shea, the Republican congressional candidate in Connecticut’s 5th District, said he sees an opening with unaffiliated voters which could help him defeat Democratic incumbent Rep. Jahana Hayes, in the general election in November.

Shea remains confident that he will win, even though many

For the first time in nearly 30 years Connecticut will have a new member of Congress representing the state’s 1st Congressional District and with the new role comes the opportunity to share new ideas on affordable housing reform.

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, a Democra...

There is the Declaration of Independence Americans learn about in school, the one signed in Philadelphia in 1776 and celebrated every July 4.

Then there are thousands of more personal, individual declarations of independence that came afterward — from people who had been enslaved and used their stories, writing and activism to demand freedom and recognition of the...