Incumbent Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) is up against Republican nominee Leora Levy (R).
CONNECTICUT, USA — In the 2022 Midterm Elections, incumbent Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal is going up against Republican Leora Levy.
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Sept. 21, Blumenthal is Levy, 57-40%.
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Blumenthal started his career as a U.S. Attorney for Connecticut from 1977 to 1981 before heading to the state’s House of Representatives from 1984 to 1987. From there, he moved to the State Senate from 1987 to 1990 and worked as a volunteer attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Blumenthal was elected to serve an unprecedented five terms (20 years) as Connecticut’s Attorney General.
In 2010, Blumenthal was first elected to the U.S. Senate and was reelected in 2016. He has served in this position ever since.
When it comes to gun control, he and the other current U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy have been vocal in their push for more restrictions on gun access.
At the end of July, Blumenthal and Murphy joined eight senators to introduce legislation to combat the increase and proliferation of gun conversion devices.
“This measure will crack down on dangerous firearm modification devices that threaten public safety,” said Blumenthal. “Access to cheap, easy-to-use conversion tools allows common firearms to be turned into fully-automatic weapons of war. Our legislation will prevent trafficking and seize the profits of wrongdoers intent on causing harm – key efforts needed to address our nation’s gun violence epidemic.”
Blumenthal also recently joined other Democrats in the Senate, calling for the senate to protect access to birth control and reproductive health care following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The court’s decision threw abortion-seekers back into the land of uncertainty regarding healthcare rights.
Blumenthal spoke out against the court’s decision when it was handed down:
In overturning Roe, the Court strips women of the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions and puts that power in the hands of the government.
A woman no longer has the right to decide when and whether to bear children. In fact, if Mitch McConnell is in charge, he’ll be leading a national ban on abortion, shredding laws in Connecticut and other states protecting women’s choice
Every American should have the right to decide whether and when…
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