Atty. for Cheshire murder suspect wins primary

By ConnPolitics.tv Editor on Aug 13, 2008 | In News | Send feedback »

Hartford (AP) – A Bridgeport lawyer who is defending a suspect in the Cheshire home invasion killings was the only challenger to beat an incumbent Connecticut lawmaker in Tuesday’s primaries.

Auden Grogins says the state’s new public financing system and six months of campaigning helped her to defeat Democratic Rep. Robert Keeley, who is serving his 25th year in the House of Representatives representing Bridgeport.

Grogins will face Republican Phillip Young in November’s general election.

Grogins says she doesn’t believe her work on the Cheshire case will pose any conflicts if she’s elected to the House.

Grogins is one of two lawyers representing Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of two suspects who are facing possible death sentences in the killings of a mother and her two daughters last year.

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