Richard Blumenthal

Frankie & Johnny: Nov. 11, 2022. Topics this week include a roundup of the 2022 midterm elections, early voting constitutional amendment passing in Connecticut, and Alex Jones ordered to pay a half a billion dollars more to Sandy Hook plaintiffs. And a Happy Veterans Day to service members.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s voting record and legislative history are the centerpieces of his campaign for a third term to the Senate against Leora Levy, his Republican challenger.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Republican challenger Leora Levy faced off in their only debate before the 2022 election.

An Emerson College Polling survey released Wednesday showed U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal with a 13 percentage point lead over Leora Levy, the winner of a Republican primary in August after her endorsement by Donald J. Trump.

With the midterm elections two months away, former President Donald Trump is still playing a significant role in GOP politics, and Connecticut is no exception. The U.S. Senate race between Trump-endorsed Republican Leora Levy and Democratic incumbent Richard Blumenthal is one example.

Connecticut Democrats in Washington are all aligned on the same priority: protecting access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. But some in the delegation see different paths to securing those protections.

Blumenthal said these rural communities have the same problems as any other town or city.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal announced Friday that he is co-sponsoring a bill that would tax the largest oil companies on their post-pandemic profits and return that money to consumers in the form of quarterly checks mailed directly to taxpayers.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says whistleblowers have come forward in the wake of a lethal accident at the West Haven VA, alleging unsafe working…