Former President Bill Clinton says polls may show a tight race for governor in Connecticut. But Clinton says Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy could end up winning by more than 10 points if enough Democrats show up at the polls in November.
Clinton was in Connecticut on Tuesday to help rally support for Malloy’s reelection bid.
Four years ago, in one of the closest elections in state history, Malloy defeated his Republican rival Tom Foley by about 6400 votes. Speaking to 200 Democratic Party supporters at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, Clinton praised Malloy for his handling of recent disasters and the state economy.
The former president told the party faithful it’s even more important to get out the vote for Malloy in this election. “Because here you got a guy who told you what he was going to do and went out and did it, gave you great results, handled unforeseen challenges, had an agenda for the future, and you say thank you very much I’ll go the movies on election day. You can’t let that happen,” he admonished the party faithful.
“Now you have to ratify what can be done and open the path for what can be done by re-electing your governor and your lieutenant governor,” Clinton said.
Clinton’s rallying of Democrats for Malloy comes on the same day that a GOP group backed by the Republican Governors Association released a TV ad attacking Malloy’s tax policies. The ad has unidentified people criticizing Malloy for state income and sales tax increases that were passed in 2011.
