From Courant.com:

Sixteen days after Connecticut’s long-count election, Republican Martha Dean, the unsuccessful candidate for state Attorney General, quietly conceded to Democratic victor George Jepsen and said she is dropping her legal challenge of Jepsen’s eligibility to hold office – perhaps reluctantly.

“Unfortunately, the Supreme Court informed the public and the AG candidates of the eligibility criteria too late in the election cycle for this issue to be brought to the voters’ attention properly,” Dean said in a statement posted on one of her campaign web pages. “Mr. Jepsen, the voters, and I all learned of the Court’s interpretation of the statutory eligibility criteria’s full-meaning just days before the election.”

On the eve of the Nov. 2 election, Dean, who was trailing, went to court in an effort to block Jepsen’s candidacy by arguing that he lacked the legal experience required by state law to serve as attorney general. Jepsen disagreed.

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