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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of ''' Connecticut ''' will be held November 7 , 2006 . Incumbent Senator Joseph I. Lieberman is running for re-election. Some liberal groups, including Progressive elements of the Connecticut Democratic party, have considered running another candidate in the Democratic primary in light of Lieberman's hawkish stance in Iraq. {Link without Title} According to Daily Kos, on February 2 , 2006 , the Democratic town committee of Windsor, Connecticut became one of several to vote no confidence in Lieberman's performance on the issue of Iraq, with 34 yeas, 2 nays, and one abstention. In March 2005, Dr. John Orman , a professor of politics at Fairfield University , announced that he was forming an exploratory committee for a run to oppose Lieberman. Little interest in his campaign and low fund-raising resulted in his dropping out of the race in late 2005. As of late April 2006, only Greenwich businessman . He has also said to have pledged to spend over $1 million of his personal funds on the campaign, and has apparently received the backing of former U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker , who was unseated by Lieberman in 1988 , and had been considering running as an independent. But in the most recent Quinnipiac poll, taken in February, Lieberman is ahead of Lamont 69%-15%. Many Democrats have argued that a primary race against Lieberman will divert energy and attention from other contested Senate races. Because of Lieberman's high favorability ratings in Connecticut, some strategists consider the commitment of significant resources toward defeating Lieberman to be dubious. A February Rasmussen Reports poll shows Lieberman winning by over twenty points in a three-way race against Lamont and an unnamed Republican. As of late April, there were three declared Republican opponents, two of whom had never been elected to public office. The filing deadline for major party candidates is in late June, 2006. The primary is in August. {Link without Title} CANDIDATES Democrats
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