Republican congressional candidate Mike France raised eyebrows with a since-deleted social media post about breast cancer awareness that some Connecticut Democrats called “deeply disturbing.”

With about five weeks until Election Day, Connecticut Senate Democrats are highlighting Republican opposition to a gun safety law passed a year ago. Republicans counter that Democrats are tough on guns, but soft on crime.

There were plenty of musicians to take in at the Soundside Festival in Bridgeport, like Goo Goo Dolls, Boyz II Men, Lisa Loeb and Grace Potter. Noah Kahan performed — and issued an apology to Connecticut.

Jim Griffin is the endorsed Republican candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson in Connecticut’s heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said the multiple security lapses at Donald Trump’s July rally in Pennsylvania were a “perfect storm of stunning failure” and that fixing them could have prevented the shooting that injured the former president and killed an attendee.

A “suspicious” envelope intended to be sent to Connecticut election officials was intercepted Tuesday at a postal facility in West Hartford, officials said.

Connecticut election officials are partnering with colleges and universities across the state to get out the vote and train students to be poll workers during the upcoming election.

The new machines will still use paper ballots, but will allow for better security and faster tabulation of votes, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas said.