The lawyers involved in the effort, all of them volunteers, include former state party Chairman Herb Shepardson and West Hartford town committee Chairman Peter Martin. (courant.com)
After starting as an unknown in the state, Ricketts now has a comfortable double - digit margin over former state Attorney General Don Stenberg, who was the party's nominee against Sen. Nelson in 2000, and former state party chairman Dave Kramer. (voices.washingtonpost.com)
For Republicans, former state Rep. Randy Graf remains the favorite, but the candidacies of former state party chairman Mike Hellon and state Rep. Steve Huffman give national Republicans reason for optimism: Kolbe has previously said that Graf, who challenged him in the 2004 primary, is too conservative to win a general election race in this swing district. (voices.washingtonpost.com)