Ledyard

School isn in session at the Ledyard Center School, and teh parking lots are filled wuth voters arriving and departing. State Rep. Tom Reynolds, D-Ledyard, is at the gate waving to voters. He's running unopposed in his re-election bid to the General Assembly.

Ledyard is a critical community in determining the outcome in the 2nd Congressional District race.
Four years ago, when Democratic challenger Joseph Courtney made his first bid against incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, there was some controversy coming out of Ledyard. Democrats there were backing the candidacy of Jeff Benedict – and threatened to throw their support to Simmons if Benedict lost the Democratic nomination.
Benedict did lose – and Simmons took Ledyard easily in the 2002 campaign, on his way to an 8-point win over Courtney. In fact, Simmons has always done well in Ledyard.
There is no controversy this year among Democrats. But does that bode well for Courtney this time? Let’s go see.