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Published: July 20, 2008
Connecticut financing laws make impact
Advocates hope state successes prove plans work on national level.
By The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. — Barack Obama may have abandoned public financing for his presidential campaign, but in Connecticut , legislative candidates are lining up to get campaign cash from the state.

About 70 percent of the Nutmeg State's candidates for General Assembly this year are expected to sign on to a new public financing election program. Not only does it provide hefty grants, it offers extra money to combat op...

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