Republican Amy Romano won Tuesday’s special election in Shelton, securing the 113th House District seat and continuing the GOP’s more than 50-year hold on the district.

Amy Morano won a special election Tuesday to the state House of Representatives, maintaining Republican control of the district for 50 years.

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas issued an apology earlier this week after comparing President Donald Trump’s election policies to Nazi Germany. She made the comments while talking about Trump’s election executive order during an annual training event for registrars of voters earlier this month.

The inspiration for the SS reference, she said in an interview, was a section of Trump’s executive order that seemed to her to be encouraging citizens to inform on election officials who wrongly

Connecticut’s 113th assembly district in Shelton has a new state representative. Republican Amy Romano was officially sworn in Friday as a member of the state House

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who rose to prominence in the Senate during nearly three decades of service, has announced he won’t seek reelection.