Interview with Libertarian Candidate James Carr (Virginia 7th District)
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Richard Lion, a Libertarian who has previously run for state representative and mayor of Hartford, is challenging Democratic incumbent Jason Rojas in the 9th House District.
This is Lion's seventh run for public office. Lion, who describes himself as more of an activist than a politician, has yet to be elected.
"It's not that I don't want to win, but if winning was my number one thing, I wouldn't have run with the Libertarian Party. I would have run with the Democratic Party," said the 58-year-old Manchester resident. "But I don't think what America needs is another Democrat or another Republican. I think we need more parties."
The 9th House District covers East Hartford and Manchester.
In previous campaigns, Lion's primary topic was marijuana legalization. This time around, he says all drugs should be legal. The war on drugs, he said, creates crime on the streets, costs millions in tax dollars and oppresses people, he said.
"We're paying taxes to put people in jail," he said. "We can't lower our taxes if you're going to keep building stupid things and putting people in jail for no reason."
If cocaine were sold in package stores, the potency of the drug would be regulated, leading to less accidental overdoses. Revenues from taxing the drug could be used to help rehabilitate addicts, he said.
Legalizing drugs like cocaine would also reduce violent crimes associated with illegal street sales, he said.
Lion is opposed to what he believes are unnecessary construction projects like the University of Connecticut football stadium, the busway and the Rock Cats baseball stadium.
"They talk about wanting to lower taxes, but they propose to build a baseball stadium and a bus line to New Britain," he said.
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In this file photo, Sen. Charles Schumer D-New York, speaks as Sen. Tom Harkin D-Iowa, right, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
With midterm elections just over a week away, a number of Senate Democrats are sweating it out in close races across the country. But if they thought their colleagues would spare no expense to save the Democratic majority, they might want to think again.
All told, Senate Democrats who are either retiring, already retired, or not facing competitive elections this year have socked away roughly $52 million in campaign funds, according to the Huffington Post, and their refusal to distribute that money to their vulnerable compatriots is raising hackles in the party.
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"We all get multiple daily desperate emails begging for money, especially as Democrats are on the verge of losing the Senate," one top strategist told HuffPost. "Meanwhile, some senators are sitting on millions."
Several senators have come under particularly intense scrutiny for their hoarding. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, holds almost $2.4 million in his campaign account even though he's retiring and his would-be successor, Iowa Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley, is struggling.
Harkin reportedly refused to give Braley any additional money despite the personal pleas of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada. Instead, the retiring senator is keeping his cash to build a public policy center after he leaves office.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the number three Senate Democrat, is sitting on $12.8 million, but he will not be up for reelection until 2016. Though Schumer is not expected to face a competitive opponent, New York can be a very expensive state for campaigns.
And former Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, has been out of office for almost 4 years, but he still has $9.8 million in his campaign coffers. Bayh told the Huffington Post that he'd transferred about $1.5 million to other Democrats in recent years, but he acknowledged that part of his decision to retain such a large sum is political.
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As Senate Democrats sweat midterms, some colleagues hoard cash