Posted on 11/08/2010 6:15:27 PM PST by Biggirl
Today, during a 2:00PM press conference, Republican candidate for Connecticut Governor’s office Tom Foley, concedes to Democrat Dan Malloy.
From the Courant website:”I am confident that a recount that included the photocopied ballots would not change the outcome of the governor’s race,” Foley told reporters in Hartford. “Once all of this information was available to me this morning, deciding what to do was easy. I have told my team that I am not going to pursue a legal challenge to exclude photocopied ballots.”
Foley, a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland who was making his first race for elective office, described the election last week as “a conclusive victory for Dan Malloy.”
“This result should not be questioned,” Foley said. “I hope my supporters will accept my word on this.”
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And another repubbie quits rather than fight a recount.
this makes, what, 15 governor and senator races that the democrats have taken?
Note to self: Next time hold out for a candidate with at least as much testosterone as Linda McMahon has.
Connecticut——California’s little east coast sister wannabe but without the nice weather.
They’re better off without a wuss like this.
I was going to say - I thought we got rid of him once. Whoops! Different Tom Foley! They’re not recycling them now, are they?
Spineless. The Rinos are not listening. It’s time to put the fire to their feet.
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