2018 CT Governor's race: on Civil Rights


Bob Stefanowski: I'm a civil rights Republican, not a white nationalist

The Republican nominee for governor, Bob Stefanowski, attended a recent birthday bash for top Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow where a Connecticut resident who runs a website that has been a platform for white nationalists was also present. Stefanowski said that he does not know [the white nationalist] and did not know he was at the party. I `totally, utterly disagree with that point of view and have my whole life. I'm a civil rights Republican.'
Source: Hartford Courant on 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial race Aug 22, 2018

Joe Visconti: Labelled Chinese candidate as "Kim Jong Tong"

Perennial Republican candidate Joe Visconti tweeted a photo of Democrat William Tong afternoon labeling Tong, who is Chinese, "Kim Jong Tong." The tweet was condemned by state Democrats, who called on Republicans to reject Visconti's "thinly veiled racist language."

Tong, a state representative from Stamford, is running for attorney general. If elected, he would be the first Asian-American to hold statewide office in Connecticut.

Visconti, a Trump supporter whose only elective position was a single term on the West Hartford town council, has never met Tong, but decided to tweet after watching one of Tong's television commercials. "He's acting like a tyrant. In his television ads using President Trump, it just looks like the debate between (leader of North Korea) Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump," said Visconti. "He just happens to be of Asian descent." Tong promises to oppose President Donald Trump's policies in campaign advertising.

Source: CT Post on 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial race Aug 16, 2018

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Candidates and political leaders on Civil Rights:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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