Republican primaries in CT pick candidates to run for Senate and House seats

In the Connecticut primaries yesterday, Republicans selected Matthew Corey to run against Democrat U.S. Senator Chris Murphy in November.

Corey now owns and operates The One Wood Pub at East Hartford Golf Course. During the campaign, Corey said that as a business owner and a resident of Connecticut, he understands how both action and inaction have impacted Connecticut’s residents and business owners alike, whether in daily life, professional ventures or long-term goals.

Murphy, who identifies himself as the junior United States Senator for Connecticut, promotes himself as having dedicated his career to public service as an advocate for Connecticut families. Murphy points to his advocating in the Senate for job creation, affordable health care, education, sensible gun laws, and a forward-looking foreign policy. Murphy is a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. He has advocated making college more affordable and ensuring the public education system serves all students. Murphy also led a bipartisan effort to reform the U.S. mental health system, working across the aisle to craft the first comprehensive mental health bill in the Senate in decades.

Republicans in the 4th Congressional District selected Michel Goldstein of Greenwich to run against Democrat Congressman Jim Himes in November. Goldstein, who is an ophthalmologist who still practices part-time, had run in a Congressional primary in 2022. He described himself as a believer in the “America first” brand of politics.

Goldstein has also served as the President for the New York County Medical Society for two terms and as the President of the SUNY Downstate Alumni Association.

Later in life, Goldstein decided to become a lawyer and went to law school at Pace University at night. He currently is an elected official at the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting (city council).

Himes is serving his eighth term in Congress. He serves as Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and on the House Financial Services Committee.

Himes was born in Lima, Peru in 1966 to American parents. He spent the early years of his childhood in Peru and Colombia while his father worked for the Ford Foundation and UNICEF. He is fluent in both Spanish and English and notes that he was raised with an awareness of the unique position of the U. S. in the world. At the age of ten, Himes moved with his mother and sisters to the U. S.