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Meriden's Chris Donovan Wins 5th District Endorsement
But two other Democrats for the hotly contested 5th Congressional District seat got enough votes Monday night to force a primary.
House Speakerk , D-Meriden, won the Democratic nomination to run for the open 5th Congressional District seat tonight, but fell short of enough delegate votes to stave off a primary from his two main opponents, and .
According to a report in the Hartford Courant, Donovan received 216 votes at a party convention held in Waterbury tonight.
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The 5th District race is being closely watched in the state and nationally because the field has been wide open with the decision by Democrat Chris Murphy, who currently serves the 5th District, to run for U.S. Senate. The Republican primary for the 5th District will be held in August.
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