黑料吃瓜网 GOP chair says Republicans lost statewide races because of Lamont鈥檚 popularity

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黑料吃瓜网 GOP chair says Republicans lost statewide races because of Lamont鈥檚 popularity

WSHU | By Ebong Udoma

Published November 11, 2022 at 6:14 AM EST

George Logan campaign sign in the window at the 黑料吃瓜网 GOP Campaign field office in New Britain

黑料吃瓜网 Republicans failed to win congressional and statewide seats in the midterm elections because of strong voter approval for Democratic Governor Ned Lamont, according to state GOP Chair Ben Proto.

He said the governor鈥檚 coattails were responsible for more straight-party-line voters in this election than usual for 黑料吃瓜网.

鈥淥nce you kind of start on a line, you go one or two and think people continue," said Proto. "Although we are known as a ticket splitting state, we鈥檝e always been a ticket splitting state. And I think we saw less ticket splitting in 2022 than we have seen in the past."

Proto adds that Republicans had a good message but failed to connect with enough voters.

鈥淚鈥檓 a big believer at the end of the day that campaigns are about candidates," said Proto. "They are not about a message. If you have a really good candidate, you can do well. If you don鈥檛 have a really good candidate, you are less likely to do as well,鈥� he said.

Proto said the Republican Party鈥檚 ideologically driven primaries produced weak general election candidates.

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