A Connecticut Party was a political party formed by former Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 Senator

United States Senate

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 and gubernatorial candidate Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.

Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1980...

 in 1990. Weicker subsequently won the election and served a single term as Governor of Connecticut. The party was intentionally named in a manner so as to fall first, alphabetically, on the ballot.

In 1992 at the party held its first convention with 350 delegates attending. At the convention the party endorsed more than 100 candidates for the General Assembly (about 80 Democrats, 16 A Connecticut Party candidates and a handful of Republicans).

In 1994, Weicker's Lieutenant Governor, Eunice Groark

Eunice Groark

Eunice S. Groark was elected the first female lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1990. Groark ran on a ticket with Lowell Weicker, both of whom were members of A Connecticut Party...

, carried the ACP banner into the Governor's race, but was defeated, finishing third with 18.9% of the vote. In other races for statewide or federal office the party mostly endorsed Democrats including incumbents Joe Lieberman

Joe Lieberman

Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...

 for US Senate, Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal; state Treasurer, Joseph M. Suggs Jr. and first district Representative Barbara B. Kennelly

Barbara B. Kennelly

Barbara Bailey Kennelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.-Family and Education:...

. The party also endorsed the Democratic party

Democratic State Central Committee of Connecticut

The Democratic State Central Committee of Connecticut is the local branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. The state chair of the party is Nancy DiNardo, and the Vice Chair is State Representative Steve Fontana...

 candidacies of Representative Miles S. Rapoport, for secretary of the state;, Charlotte Koskoff, for the Sixth District congressional seat. In the 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district includes the towns of New London, Norwich, Storrs, Groton, and Southwood Acres....

the party ran its own candidate David Bingham who finished third in a three-way race with 14.90%.

Without a statewide officeholder, the party faded from view by the mid-1990s.