Duff Solicits Lobbyists for Re-Election Campaign.

Lobbyists were startled and uneasy this week when a fundraising appeal arrived by email from state Senator Bob Duff, the upper chamber’s number two Democrat. The Norwalk Democrat was seeks contributions to his re-election campaign. The inclusion of lobbyists in the solicitation violates a longstanding statute that prohibits legislators from soliciting lobbyists during the legislative session.

Duff says he corrected his error when he discovered it. Nevertheless, an explanation to the State Elections Enforcement Commission may be in order.