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Courtney Won't Seek Senate Seat

Updated Feb. 22, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

A prominent potential candidate for the Connecticut Senate seat being vacated by Joe Lieberman said Monday he won't run, setting up a two-way Democratic primary between a congressman and a former Connecticut secretary of state.

Joe Courtney, a congressman from the rural eastern side of the state, said he plans to stay in the House of Representatives. He had been considered one of the strongest possible Democratic contenders in the...

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