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Face the State WFSB   11 a.m

Host: Dennis House

Special “Live” Program Covering the Republican Convention – Guests TBA

Analysis with Duby McDowell and Brian Flaherty

The Real StoryFoxCT 6:30 am

Host: Laurie Perez

House Speaker and Congressional Candidate Chris Donovan (D-Meriden)

More from last week’s interview with Governor Dannel P. Malloy

 The Stan Simpson Show Fox CT Saturday, 6:30 am, online at www.ctnow.com/stan

Host: Stan Simpson

Hip Hop on Breast Cancer Awareness

Guest: Hip Hop star Kangol Kid talks about his efforts to increase breast cancer awareness through the Mama Luke movement — and he discusses the evolution of his career and the rap industry

Focus on Connecticut News12 Saturday: 7:30 am, 11 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm.Sunday: 2:30 am, 7:30 am, 11 am, 1:30 pm, 5:30 pm

Host: Tom Appleby

State Rep. Paul Davis (D) – Milford, Orange, West Haven

 State Rep. Brenda Kupchick (R) -Fairfield

CTN: Capitol Report: Week in Review Sunday at 8 pm      Replays of: The Real Story (8:30 PM), Face the State (9:00 pm),The Stan Simpson Show (9:30 pm)

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Dr. William Petit has already hosted a fundraiser for 5th District GOP candidate Lisa Wilson Foley but ventured into the race again today.

Wilson Foley declined to appear on WNPR program “Where We Live” and intra-party competitor Sen. Andrew Roraback filled her slot. During the interview on Wednesday, WNPR’s John Dankosky asked Roraback about his vote against repealing the death penalty after supporting it two years ago. Today the Wilson Foley campaign sent out this letter signed by Dr. Petit and his sister:

A Message from Dr. William Petit and Hanna Petit Chapman

Bill and I feel compelled to speak about comments made by State Sen. Andrew Roraback Wednesday on the Death Penalty. During the interview on WNPR’s “Where We Live,” Sen. Roraback defended his switch from opposition to support of the state Death Penalty. Sen. Roraback cited the plight of our family as a reason the law was “disingenuous,” since the effect of the new law would not lead to justice for current Death Row convicts.

We are very disappointed and hurt that Sen. Roraback would use our family name without our permission to provide him political cover when the repeal legislation was essentially the same bill he supported in 2009 – which he admitted in the interview.

One of the many reasons we support Lisa Wilson Foley is her consistency on this issue. Sen. Roraback’s attempt to interpret our emotions is simply politics. When we met with Sen. Roraback, we respected his initial position to oppose the Death Penalty. His comments Wednesday, in our minds, cast doubt on whether Sen. Roraback has any core convictions on important issues.

As Republicans from Plainville, we are supporting Lisa Wilson Foley because she is the best qualified to represent us in Washington, based in part, on her core principles.

We hope you will keep this mind as you choose a nominee for the U.S. Congress. We hope you will choose Lisa.

William Petit, MD

Hanna Petit Chapman

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Dean Pagani, former Connecticut communications guy, started a new job today. Dean, who has been living in D.C. for the past two years, is now Director of Communications for U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas). This marks the end of his popular website Governors Journal, which covered the nation’s governors from a national perspective. He has said goodbye to his GoJo readers and we wish him well in his new job at The Senate.

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According to John Dankosky, host of WNPR’s “Where We Live,” 5th district congressional candidate Lisa Wilson Foley’s campaign manager cancelled her Wednesday appearance on the program because of the following promo:

Our “Where We Vote” series moves from the U.S. Senate race to the race for the 5^th Congressional seat. Lisa Wilson-Foley’s campaign has made headlines for its relationship with disgraced former Gov. John Rowland. She’s one of the front runners on the Republican side heading into this weekend’s state convention. We’ll get to know Congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley on our next “Where We Vote.”

Read all about it.

Her main rival for the GOP endorsement at this Friday’s convention, state Senator Andrew Roraback, has accepted the interview slot.

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  “Martha Raddatz, senior foreign affairs correspondent for ABC News, will receive Quinnipiac University’s 19th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award at an invitation-only luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 7, at the Metropolitan Club, One East 60^th Street, New York City.

The award is presented annually to a journalist who has shown courage and forthrightness in preserving the First Amendment.”

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