Politics & Government

DeLauro Defends Food Stamps Again

News and updates from the campaign trail in Connecticut.

Third District

Rosa DeLauro (D): A regular issue brought up by DeLauro is a defense of food stamps, and on Friday she took to Twitter to say:

Wrong 2 cut food stamps for Americans under econ pressure while Congress continues tax breaks 4 oil companies, billionaires

Wayne Winsley (R): The candidate has been campaigning around New Haven County. This past week he’s been to New Haven and Naugatuck, according to his Facebook page.

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Senate

Leading Democratic candidate Chris Murphy told the News Times editorial board that if he faces Linda McMahon in the general election he’s certain he’ll be outspent.

"She's already spent more on TV ads this year than I spent in my entire campaign in 2010," Murphy told the newspaper.

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