NH Independent: Rob Simmons Out-debates the Debaters

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Outside the Garde Arts Center in New London
Photo:Paul Bass, New Haven Independent

 

A Republican who’s not running stole the show Tuesday night with new positions on some key issues facing the next U.S. Senator from Connecticut, from the war in Afghanistan to energy and the environment.

The Republican who is running for Connecticut’s open U.S. Senate seat, Linda McMahon, had one last chance to turn around the momentum in the race in an unscripted faceoff Tuesday night. It didn’t happen.

She and Democratic candidate Richard Blumenthal held their third and final televised debate, at the Garde Arts Center in New London. The New London Day and WTNH sponsored the debate.

The two candidates Tuesday night repeated themes from previous debates. McMahon portrayed herself as a businessperson looking to create jobs and lower taxes running against a lifelong government insider looking to do the opposite.

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