Facts & Figures
State Motto: "Qui transtulit sustenit," which means, "He who transplanted still sustains."
State Flower: Mountain Laurel
State Tree: Charter Oak.
State Ship: the USS Nautilus. Built in Connecticut by Electric Boat, the USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear powered submarine.
State Insect: Praying Mantis.
State Song: "Yankee Doodle"
Connecticut has three minor league baseball teams: Bridgeport Bluefish, New Britain Rock Cats, and
Connecticut Defenders.
Connecticut has 91 state parks, 30 state forests, and 8 state
monuments.
Connecticut has 253 miles of shoreline.
Data obtained from the Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1998.
Politics
State of Connecticut
Governor Jodi Rell
Senator Chris Dodd
Senator Joseph Lieberman
Rep. John B. Larson, (1st)
Rep. Joe Courtney, (2nd)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, (3rd)
Rep. Christopher Shays, (4th)
Rep. Chris Murphy, (5th)
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Acorn Press Newspapers
Bristol Press
Connecticut Post
Danbury News-Times
Darien News-Review
Fairfield Citizen-News
Hartford Courant
Meriden Record-Journal
New Britain Herald
New Haven Register
Newtown Bee
Norwalk Citizen-News
Nutmeg Political Report
Westport News
WTNH TV-8 (ABC - New Haven)
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