Mud Missing

No mentions of long-ago arrests. No zombie-like photos. No litanies of non-existent lies” or songs filled with grade-school taunts.

You find all that in the barrage of commercials and Youtube videos and flyers circulated through Connecticut as the Aug. 10 Democratic and Republican statewide primaries approach.

But in one race the candidates have opted for positive commercials, telling voters why to vote for them rather than why to despise their evil opponents.

That race is the campaign for the Democratic nomination for secretary of the state. The two candidates, Denise Merrill and Gerry Garcia, released the two commercials posted here. Comment below on which one you think works best, and why.

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