HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The governor's race tops the ballot in a Connecticut election that also features contests for five U.S. House seats, statewide offices including treasurer and attorney general, and many offices in the state legislature. Here are some of the races to watch:
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GOVERNOR'S RACE
The rematch between Republican Tom Foley and Gov. Dannel Malloy is shaping up as another dead heat. Malloy, a Democrat, is hoping that an eleventh-hour rally led by President Barack Obama in Bridgeport, the state's biggest city, will help give him the edge as it did in 2010, when he defeated Foley by 6,404 votes out of 1.1 million cast. Foley, a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland under President George W. Bush, is seeking his first elected office. Prominent Republicans including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have campaigned on the Greenwich businessman's behalf as the GOP aims to retake a governor's office it had held for 16 years before Malloy was elected.
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A HOT RACE IN THE 5TH DISTRICT
The hottest congressional race is in northwestern Connecticut, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty is trying to hold off Republican Mark Greenberg and win a second term. National Democrats like their chances: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has canceled its television advertising in the district, diverting $500,000 for ads in Iowa for the last two weeks of the election there.
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DEMOCRATS SEEK ANOTHER SWEEP OF HOUSE RACES
Incumbent Democrats face Republican challengers in all five U.S. House districts for Connecticut, which hasn't had a GOP delegate in Congress since U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays lost his 2008 bid for re-election. Pollsters say Democrats have a good chance at keeping their lock on the delegation. In addition to Esty, the incumbent representatives are Jim Himes, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney and John Larson.
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TED KENNEDY JR. MAKES FIRST BID FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
Another Kennedy has entered the family business. Ted Kennedy Jr., the son of the late U.S. senator and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, is running for a seat in the Connecticut state Senate in his first bid for elected office. Kennedy, a 53-year-old environmental lawyer, is challenging Republican Bruce Wilson Jr., a 50-year-old former chief executive of a medical manufacturing company, for a vacant seat representing the 12th District along Connecticut's shoreline. Kennedy had been mentioned in 2012 as a possible candidate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, but he said it made more sense to seek the relatively low-profile office in the Connecticut district where he has lived for about 20 years.
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WILL CONNECTICUT'S LAST DRY TOWN GIVE UP ON PROHIBITION?
The affluent bedroom community of Bridgewater is deciding whether to give up at last on Prohibition. A ballot question asks voters in the western Connecticut town of 1,700 people whether restaurants should be allowed to serve alcohol. Bridgewater is taking up the issue for the first time since 1930s because two developers proposed opening restaurants as long as they could serve alcohol. Some in town say they like the bragging rights that come with being the state's last dry town, but others including the first selectman say allowing alcohol sales could bring a much-needed boost in a town where the average age has risen above 50.
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BALLOT QUESTION
The only statewide ballot question asks Connecticut voters whether they want to amend the state constitution to open the door to more early voting options. Approval would give state lawmakers and the governor new authority that could lead to multiple voting days at the polls and expanded use of absentee ballots. It also would remove voting restrictions that currently prevent having all voting done by mail or online. Supporters of the proposal say it will increase voter turnout, but opponents say it would give too much power to state officials to make changes to voting methods.
