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Democrats Take Aim at Conn. Freshman Simmons
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 18, 2002 07:53pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, September 19, 2002 01:53:18 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican Rob Simmons scored perhaps the biggest House upset of 2000, when he defeated 10-term Democratic Rep. Sam Gejdenson in Connecticut's Democratic- leaning 2nd District by 51 percent to 49 percent.
But he faced one of two unattractive prospects for the 2002 campaign: Either his House district would be dismembered – Connecticut lost one of its six seats in reapportionment – or he would be targeted for defeat by Democratic strategists. |
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