any difference between D and R in MA and CT?

[Dan the Roman]

I don't about CT, but you're right in MA. In the Bay State, there's no difference between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor, ever.

Silbur v. Weld 1990? Perhaps not the difference he was hoping for though.

[Dan the Roman]

As far as I can tell, the major party governor candidates in MA and CT seem to be one center-left candidate versus another.

(and the race between Chafee and the Dem in RI seems to fit the pattern also.)

IIRC, Kerry Healey (R) who got rolled by Deval Patrick in 2006, was a particularly vile candidate - anti-choice, anti stem-cell funding and staunchly pro-gun.  Not exactly one center-left candidate vs another.

I thought that she was nominally Pro-Choice. Her real problem was that she could not contradict any of Romney's new crazy positions. Which largely explains the 35%.