In 1992 the party held its first convention with 350 delegates attending. At the convention the party endorsed more than 100 candidates for the General Assembly (about 80 Democrats, 16 A Connecticut Party candidates and a "handful of Republicans").[4]
Starting in 2021 there is an ongoing effort to revive the party in West Hartford, however, this new party of the same name shares no legal relation to A Connecticut Party.[6]
Referencesedit
^ ab"A Connecticut Party Endorses Lieberman". New York Times, July 07, 1994
^Two parties-or more? by John F. Bibby and Louis Sandy Maisel
^Yarrow, Andrew L. (July 27, 1992). "Third Party Celebrates Its Second Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^"Third Party Celebrates Its Second Year" by Andrew L. Yarrow, New York Times,July 27, 1992
^"A Connecticut Party dissolution". Hartford Courant. October 29, 1998. p. 303. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
^Walsh, Michael (October 25, 2021). "'A Connecticut Party' finds middle ground in West Hartford". CT Insider. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
External linksedit
Official website (2021 revival)
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connecticut, party, political, party, formed, former, republican, senator, gubernatorial, candidate, lowell, weicker, 1990, weicker, subsequently, 1990, gubernatorial, election, served, single, term, governor, connecticut, party, intentionally, named, fall, al. A Connecticut Party was a political party formed by former Republican senator and gubernatorial candidate Lowell Weicker in 1990 1 Weicker subsequently won the 1990 gubernatorial election and served a single term as governor of Connecticut The party was intentionally named to fall alphabetically first on the ballot 2 3 A Connecticut PartyLeaderLowell WeickerFounded1990 1990 Dissolved1998 1998 Split fromRepublican PartyHeadquartersGreenwich ConnecticutIdeologySocial liberalismPolitical positionCenter leftColors OrangePolitics of United StatesPolitical partiesElectionsIn 1992 the party held its first convention with 350 delegates attending At the convention the party endorsed more than 100 candidates for the General Assembly about 80 Democrats 16 A Connecticut Party candidates and a handful of Republicans 4 In 1994 Weicker s lieutenant governor Eunice Groark carried the ACP banner into the governor s race but was defeated finishing third with 18 9 of the vote In other races for statewide or federal office the party mostly endorsed Democrats including incumbents Joe Lieberman for US Senate Richard Blumenthal for attorney general Joseph M Suggs Jr for state treasurer and Barbara B Kennelly for representative in the 1st congressional district The party also endorsed the Democratic Party candidacies of state representative Miles S Rapoport for secretary of state and Charlotte Koskoff for representative in the 6th congressional district 1 In the 2nd congressional district the party ran its own candidate David Bingham who finished third in a three way race with 14 90 However without its own statewide officeholder the party faded from view by the late 1990s The party stopped running its own candidates in 1998 5 Starting in 2021 there is an ongoing effort to revive the party in West Hartford however this new party of the same name shares no legal relation to A Connecticut Party 6 References edit a b A Connecticut Party Endorses Lieberman New York Times July 07 1994 Two parties or more by John F Bibby and Louis Sandy Maisel Yarrow Andrew L July 27 1992 Third Party Celebrates Its Second Year The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved September 20 2020 Third Party Celebrates Its Second Year by Andrew L Yarrow New York Times July 27 1992 A Connecticut Party dissolution Hartford Courant October 29 1998 p 303 Retrieved September 20 2020 Walsh Michael October 25 2021 A Connecticut Party finds middle ground in West Hartford CT Insider Retrieved March 29 2022 External links editOfficial website 2021 revival nbsp This Connecticut related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a United States political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Connecticut Party amp oldid 1125067722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
