With final official vote tallies still outstanding in several communities, preliminary results seem to show Republicans maintaining a stronghold in mostly Democratic towns like Middletown and New Britain and picking up seats in several communities like Stamford, Stratford, and Trumbull.
Democratic candidates held [...] 
Election officials were not expecting the same voter turnout the state saw during last year's presidential election, but in some places where there are contentious local contests turnout is pretty high.
In East Haven where Mayor April Capone Almon, a Democrat is fighting to win a [...] 
In a conference call with Connecticut reporters Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd said he hasn't spoken to U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman about his position on health care, which has garnered the junior senator a fair amount of media attention.
"No, I haven't talked" [...] 
Voters head to the polls today to elect their local officials in 162 cities and towns.
For the best information about your local elections there are a few cutting-edge online community news organizations to monitor throughout the day. If you live in Shelton, [...] Christine Stuart, Paul Bass and Thomas Macmillan, Abram Katz, Ben Johnson, Thomas MacMillan, Kim Grzybala, Ellen Andrews, Leonard J. Honeyman, CTNewsjunkie Staff, Liz Dupont-Diehl, Paul Bass, Jim Diamond
