Lamont Speaks on Election Results, Future of SNAP in Connecticut

Lamont speaks on election results, future of SNAP in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Gov. Ned Lamont (D) spoke Wednesday about local election results in Connecticut and SNAP funding amid the federal government shutdown. Democrats locally and nationally had a successful night at the polls. In Connecticut, Democrats flipped control of key municipal offices in an off-year test of their party’s strength. Historical night for Democrats in Connecticut | Your Local Election HQ Lamont celebrated Democratic…

Here’s where Democrats won big in Connecticut. ‘This obviously is a key contest.’

Democrats were optimistic about flipping seats, no one predicted sweep against Republican incumbents in Ansonia, Bristol, Milford and Stratford

Democrats score big in CT municipal races, flipping GOP seats

This story has been updated. Democrats made broad gains Tuesday in Connecticut’s first general election since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, flipping open top-of-ballot seats that had been controlled by Republicans in the Democratic cities of New Britain and Norwich and suburbs of Branford and Westport. Unofficial results also showed Republican incumbents falling to Democrats in upsets in Ansonia, Bristol, Stratford and Milford, while…