Murphy campaign says candidate eager for several debates

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy’s campaign manager in an email today said his man is ready, willing and able to participate in at least six if not more debates with his opponents for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.

Kenny Curran contacted me in response to claims made yesterday by Marc Bradley, who’s running state Rep. William Tong’s Senate campaign, that, while agreeing to a March 3 primary debate, Murphy’s dragging his heels on scheduling other dates.

Here’s what Curran wrote, with a couple clarifications from me in parentheses:

Hey Brian,

Just wanted to check in re: Marc’s comments on debates. We have the quiet corner event on (February) 23rd (it’s advertised as a forum) and the Norwich one on the 3rd and Marc knows, because I have told him, that between now and August 14th (primary day) Team Murphy expects and looks forward to doing more than the six suggested. Let me know if you have any questions or need any more info on this.

Best,

KC

Brian Lockhart