Lee Whitnum Quotes
I'm not handled. I'm not crafted by slick, high-priced consultants. I'm a real person, a genuine person, a struggling person in Connecticut.
Whitnum, Lee. Democratic U.S. Senate Primary Debate. WFSB-TV, Hartford, CT, 12 Apr. 2012.
Lee Whitnum sought the Democratic nomination for governor of Connecticut in the 2018 election. She did not make it onto the primary ballot. Whitnum ran as an unsuccessful independent candidate for governor in the 2014 elections.[1] Whitnum also sought statewide office in 2012, running as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate representing Connecticut. She was disqualified from the race. She is an outspoken critic of Israel and gained notoriety on that issue in the 2010 Connecticut U.S. Senate race. She also takes a hard stand against illegal and legal "white collar" immigration as a way to curtail unemployment. She cites abuses of the H1-B and L1 immigration loopholes as detrimental to the United States by contributing to unemployment.