CT Animal Advocacy Chair loses primary

Unfortunately, it looks like Representative David Michel — the CT Animal Advocacy chair who expressed an openness to backing cultivated-meat research — lost his primary. Among other things, his opponent attacked him for being overly focused on nonhuman and environmental issues.

The unofficial results published by the Stamford Advocate show Eilish Collins Main defeating Michel with 548 votes compared to the Democratic incumbent’s 435: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/unofficial-results-stamford-s-collins-main-beats-19655281.php