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the “CT Black Conservatives and Republicans” held an event today in Hartford that I attended. They have been watching this race along with the state GOP.

they had no intention of passing on the race and allow the local GOP voters to support a conservative petitioning candidate ...

They had their own candidate lined up ... everyone else is out ... it is just a DEM vs. GOP race now. In ‘06, the GOP candidate got 11% in NOV.
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140117/new-havens-holder-winfield-now-faces-west-havens-mullins-in-senate-race

http://whjp.net/Steven_R.html

I am concerned they will do the same in the state Rep seat. Which is also heavy heavy minority and DEM.

We have an “Independent Majority” in these seats, but the GOP will not allow a coalition to form. Of course, they do not see the pro-family DEMs as potential allies because the GOP in CT does not want the pro-family issues as part of their agenda. I do not know what Mullins could talk about .. pretend he is fiscally conservative?

for my own future reference

Goldson after he dropped out:
"I really don’t believe that I am built to do well in an environment like the state senate, at least not at this time. Perhaps one day the environment will be more conducive, perhaps not. I’m still searching for where I fit in. Maybe I’ll join the Republican Party and make it Lincoln’s party once again"

"Haven’t thought about Gary’s State Rep seat. I’m sure before the smoke clears their may be 6 or 7 folks in the mix."
I hope that covers it all for everyone. Maybe someone else can offer to be the sacrificial lamb for a change

If anyone knows me, they would know that I really wanted to continue on, but I am getting older and less inclined to fight alone.

Which gets to my second point, where were you and all of these commentators when I was out collecting signatures? Nowhere to be found! And where were you all going to be when I was out knocking on 60,000 doors and trying to pull voters on election day? The same place, here on this site posting about how bad a job I did or how lucky I was.

Now, some of you claim that I wanted press, well if that was the case, I’ll still be in it. Others claim that I was angleling for something else like a job or some other mysterious deal. Again, wrong! The Harp administration folks do not talk with me beyond a simple hello in public.

In the last election in this district, 27,000 people voted. There are nearly 40,000 registered voters just in New Haven, maybe another 10,000 in West Haven. Trying to fight a machine with PLENTY of money and manpower in a 4 week election and to reach out to those voters was an impossible task.