Smolt - the CT GOP has gone hard right over the past few years. Malloy took their traditional spot as voice of the hedge funds, so they had to shift hard to angry racist suburbanites who hate teachers.
Of course - i am purely Internet-based. But, looking, for example, at ACU ratings of Connecticut legislature, with most Republicans being in 40-60 interval, i wouldn't say that. We shall see, who will be their candidate this year. Compare that with 80-100 ratings for Wisconsin Republicans for example. Or - Arizona's....
Scott Walker is the CT GOP dream. They even had him speak a few years ago. They would love a Scott Walker they could elect in CT.
Yeah, it's clear that, if the CT GOP got a trifecta, they would immediately try for Right to Work (for less) among other anti-union provisos.