RoadTrip: Is Andrew Roraback 2012's version of Scott Brown in CT?

One fact of the Race for the Sen­ate in CT that has been over­looked is the seat that was held by the Demo­c­rat Can­di­date for sen­ate Chris Mur­phy is now open.

and that dis­trict in the North­west cor­ner of the state CT-​5 has a can­di­date named Andrew Roraback who might be in a posi­tion to be the 2012 of Scott Brown in CT.

Although I didn’t have a lot of time to speak with Andrew, I spent a con­sid­er­able amount of time with his staff, he is a long serv­ing mem­ber of the CT state House and Sen­ate, and he was the only mem­ber of the GOP del­e­ga­tion to vote for death penalty repeal giv­ing him some crossover appeal.

Most impor­tantly the new dis­trict includes the towns he rep­re­sented for many many years so he has a strong base of vot­ers on both sides of the aisle who are famil­iar with and respect him.

So we have a GOP can­di­date with a long record and some crossover appeal run­ning in an open seat. Unlike Scott Brown in 2010 he doesn’t have the advan­tage of an oppo­nent mak­ing crit­i­cal mis­takes on the trail but also unlike Brown he is not run­ning statewide so his famil­iar­ity with the dis­trict and the vot­ers could make all the difference.

With Mitt Rom­ney and the GOP poised to con­trol all three branches of the Gov­ern­ment in Jan­u­ary per­haps CT like Mass before them might decide they want to have at least one voice in the major­ity when the time comes to make deci­sions. Andrew Roraback can be that voice and with the GOP with such an advan­tage in fundrais­ing over the Dems the party is in a potion to help make it happen.

Vote Andrew Roraback for Congress

Even the bluest of states deserve at least one seat in the Majority.

You can kick into his cam­paign here.

This cov­er­age is made pos­si­ble by you. If you’d like to help pay for this trip and move that ther­mome­ter feel free to hit DaTip­Jar below and keep the gas in the car a few meals and a hotel room for at least one night.

Update: Extra brown in the title, Hey I’ve been dri­ving all day, a tad tired you know.