CT Election Watch

Although it is now clear that Democrats have picked up the House (as well as the Senate unless something happens in Virginia) there are still a few races that haven’t been called.

In Connecticut’s 2nd district, where Democrat Joe Courtney was taking on incumbent Rob Simmons, the current vote tally is 121,321 to 121,151 in favor of Courtney.  This is a difference of only 170 votes representing only 0.07% of the total votes cast, making it the closest congressional race in the country (FL-13 currently has a difference of 326 votes although there is an issue of some undervotes).  In a situation like this there will be a recount, but a revote is unlikely as there haven’t been any irregularities (such as those in FL-13) noted.

Incumbents Chris Larson (D, CT-01), Rosa DeLauro(D, CT-03), Shays(R, CT-04) have been re-elected and Chris Murphy (D) who has unseated Nancy Johnson (R) in CT-05.

CT Election Totals:  http://fox61.trb.com/includes/elections/wtic/Election.htm#U.S.%20House
Information on FL-13: http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS/611090343

Senate: Lieberman (I). While Lamont has cut into Lieberman’s independent voter support over the past week or so, Lieberman still maintains a double-digit lead.

1^st District: Lawson (D). An incumbent in a largely Democratic district, he has nothing to fear.

2^nd District: Simmons (R). He’s the incumbent and was in both the Army and the CIA. His lawyer opponent stands no chance, because even if he wins, there is a good chance he’ll turn up missing shortly after the victory party.

3^rd District: DeLauro (D). An incumbent who won 72% of the vote in 2004, need I say more?

4^th District: Shays (R). This will be a tight one, but Shays is the incumbent and has a lot more money on hand.

5^th District: Johnson (R). An incumbent who is holding onto a ten-point lead in the polls.

So after all this talk of shake-ups, I put all my money down on the incumbents.

 Edit: As of 10:36 PM, 7 NOV 2006, Nancy Johnson is dead to me.