Many of the top office-seekers in the state are scheduled to appear Thursday night at a candidates forum at the Canton Community Center.<\/p>\n
The list of scheduled speakers includes three leading Democratic candidates for governor : Greenwich cable television entrepreneur Ned Lamont, former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, and Simsbury First Selectman Mary Glassman.<\/p>\n
In the latest Quinnipiac University poll, Lamont is ahead of Malloy by 28 percent to 18 percent with 44 percent of Democrats still undecided. Glassman, who won a primary for lieutenant governor in August 2006, is in third place at 4 percent.<\/p>\n
Three candidates for attorney general – Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz of Middletown, former state party chairman George Jepsen of Ridgefield, and state Rep. Cameron Staples of New Haven – are scheduled to be at the forum that starts at 7 p.m. at the center at 40 Dyer Avenue in Canton.<\/p>\n
Bysiewicz is currently leading Jepsen by 54 percent to 10 percent, despite two full months of negative publicity over whether she has the necessary 10 years of “active practice” of the law to be attorney general. Bysiewicz has a favorable rating of 59 percent, while 10 percent view her unfavorably. Overall, 29 percent have not heard enough of her to have an opinion.<\/p>\n
By contrast, 75 percent of those polled said they have not heard enough about Jepsen to have an opinion. Jepsen has not served in elective office since January 2003 – when his state Senate term ended from his former hometown of Stamford. He had run unsuccessfully for governor against Democrat Bill Curry, who lost in the general election in November 2002 to Republican John G. Rowland. Jepsen eventually joined Curry’s ticket and later became the Democratic state chairman.<\/p>\n
Two candidates for Secretary of the State – Sen. Jonathan Harris of West Hartford and state House Majority Leader Denise Merrill of Storrs – are on the list.<\/p>\n
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman and Kevin Lembo, who is running for lieutenant governor, are also expected to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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