Congressman Larson well-positioned to retain his seat

Larson For Congress ^ | March 27, 2026 | GQR

[cgbg]

"Congressman John Larson is well-positioned to win the Democratic primary election for Connecticut’s First District.

Larson leads former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin by 23 points, 49 to 26 percent with 9 percent for State Representative Jillian Gilchrest and 15 percent undecided or supporting other candidates. Larson enjoys near universal name recognition (92 percent), is well liked (76 percent view him favorably) and voters believe he delivers for Connecticut (80 percent say that it describes Larson well). He wins all regions of the district, across the ideological spectrum and among voters over 50 years (71 percent of the electorate). What’s more, Larson maintains his lead throughout the survey, including after he is attacked for being older and having “been in office too long.”

[cgbg]

Political junkies may find this interesting.

Larson (the long time incumbent) lost to Bronin yesterday by eighteen points.

What happened?

[Dr. Sivana]

Larson has been in there forever. Usually that means safety. Strange things are afoot in the Democrat party. First District includes Hartford. Hartford and New Haven are likely DSA strongholds. They are not as strong in the former Litchfield County (Connecticut got rid of Counties, in favor of régions administratives, not kidding)

[cgbg]

The problem with the DSA explanation is that Bronin is not one of their fair haired boys.

He is the ultimate corporate whore and had big corporate contributions from out of state.

The leftists hated him when he was mayor of Hartford.

Look at his bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bronin

The DSA had two minor candidates they supported.

Something else is afoot here.

I have a hypothesis—but I want to see if any Freepers independently come up with a similar one.

[cgbg]

I think we are looking at something new—has nothing to do with ideology.

It is a new technique to stay way below the radar to overcome the significant and very real support of the incumbent—without having any major policy differences.

I think I know how Bronin did it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Well, you have me stumped. We moved out of Connecticut 28 years ago, and I observe from afar, and from seconf hand sources.

When people ask me where I am from, I tell them, Krypton. My home planet blew up years ago.

[Verginius Rufus]

I believe New Haven started as a separate colony from Connecticut, just as Plymouth Colony was initially separate from Massachusetts Bay Colony. Just imagine—we could now have 8 New England states with 15 Democrat Senators and one RINO Senator.

[Verginius Rufus]

Telling people you are from Krypton might strike them as a Kryptic answer.

[cgbg]

Maybe we can dig together:

https://prospect.org/2026/05/21/meet-connecticuts-billionaire-backed-dark-money-democrat-bronin-larson-congress/

https://www.levernews.com/the-new-democratic-machine-and-the-billionaires-behind-it/

So—I wonder if these folks have developed a new AI tool—an “agent” that takes the data of likely primary voters, analyzes their preferences, conducts focus groups and polls to see where and how they can be influenced, analyzes and even develops tools to assist primary turnout and comes up with other creative ways to influence undecided primary voters.

We could be looking at something very new—and potentially very important in future elections.

Folks here like to minimize the status of AI based on curated versions released to the public.

Bronin may have gotten an uncurated version programmed to win baby win.

[Dr. Sivana]

I believe New Haven started as a separate colony from Connecticut, just as Plymouth Colony was initially separate from Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I still think that Connecicut should get that notch on the western northern border back from Massachusetts. They obviously stole it.

From Claude:

Connecticut, by a charter of 1662, had claim to a huge area reaching to the "South Sea" (Pacific Ocean). After the Revolutionary War, when the United States was formed, Connecticut reserved the Connecticut Western Reserve—a territory of some 6,000 square miles along the southern shore of Lake Erie in what is now northeastern Ohio. Encyclopedia Britannica

The Western Reserve encompassed approximately 3 million acres and was bounded on the north by Lake Erie and on the east by Pennsylvania, extending 120 miles westward to Sandusky Bay. On September 13, 1786, Connecticut relinquished most of its claims except for this 120-mile long strip along Lake Erie, called the Western Reserve. Case Western Reserve University Connecticut History

Connecticut intended to use this territory to compensate Connecticut citizens who had incurred serious losses during the Revolutionary War, and a stream of Connecticut immigrants entered the territory. In 1800, however, Connecticut and the United States agreed to attach the Western Reserve to the Ohio Territory. If you drive through the area of Ohio still called the Western Reserve today, you will find towns named Norwich, Saybrook, New London, Litchfield, Mansfield, and Plymouth—many of these communities maintaining New England characteristics like a town green and white-steepled churches.

[Verginius Rufus]

I was a finalist once for a job at the University of Akron--but that may be just south of the border of the Western Reserve.

Virginia should get back the two counties West Virginia stole (Berkeley and Jefferson). In return Virginia should return Arlington County and most of Alexandria to the District of Criminals. Then Republicans might have a shot at carrying the state in Presidential elections.

[SuperLuminal]

CT has been communist run for many decades...
Election outcomes are fully controlled...

[cgbg]

Your statement has been true for decades.

That is why this genuine political upset is a legitimate mystery.

[napscoordinator]

Both parties are kicking Incumbents to the curb. It seems to me like this could be the first year that history has been made in the number of incumbents that were kicked out.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Katie Porter on CNN said something interesting. She stated the republicans got the jump on replacing long term elected’s years ago while democrats stayed with the geezers too long. Now the DSP’s are coming down harder on their establishment types who’ve been around too long. It would suggest there’ll be several retirements on their side. Trump should goad them into fighting the insurgents.

Katie got a makeover and looked ok if you can believe it.

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“Katie got a makeover and looked ok if you can believe it.”
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And then she started talking.

[muir_redwoods]

Bronin is bragging about turning Hartford around ignoring the fact that the state taxpayers were forced to bail out the city to the tune of $450 million. Larson is a stooge and looks like a double order of mashed potatoes left in the warming tray for a month.

[Sirius Lee]

What happened?

The idiot voters traded one corrupt leftist windbag for another. Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result...

As for Litchfield County, if it weren't for the 5th district's gerrymandering (especially the ghetto of New Britain and virtue signaling soccer moms of Simsbury) CT would have at least one R congressman.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

What happened?? Larson is getting old. Dad knew him since both grew up in East Hartford. No, Dad knew he was corrupt, but that is the Larson family.

Big deal, he (Larson) grew up in Mayberry Village. Dad grew up on the Ridge...

I'm hopping Fazio will win!!

[cgbg]

Hartford has been a dumpster fire since the riots of the 1960s.

Anyone foolish enough to live there gets mugged, gets their car broken into and/or stolen, gets their apartment/home burglarized—almost guaranteed in the first year or two.

Anyone who claims to have turned the place around as mayor is a pathological liar.