CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Blumenthal says he has GOP backers for Senate run Blumenthal says he has GOP backers for Senate run ================================================================================ Feeder on 01 September, 2010 04:55:39 Blumenthal on Wednesday released an open letter to voters that was signed by six Republicans from Glastonbury, Clinton, Ridgefield, Colchester, New Haven and Greenwich.