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August 8, 2006

Lieberman pitches voters heading to Connecticut polls

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, locked in a battle with a political novice fueled by anti-war sentiment, crisscrossed the state in a final attempt keep his Senate seat and reassure voters going to the polls today in Connecticut's primary election.

Lieberman planned stops in Stratford, Shelton, New Haven, Waterbury, Bristol and Hartford today, where polls opened at 6 a.m.

If defeated, Lieberman would be only the fourth incumbent senator since 1980 to lose a primary election. The three-term senator, nationally known for his centrist views, has endured harsh criticism in his home state for supporting the Iraq war and has been labeled by some Democrats as too close to Republicans and President Bush.

-- The Associated Press

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