Rep. Himes ready to race fellow Connecticut reps. for new Twitter followers

By Alicia M. Cohn - 01/15/13 09:28 AM ET

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) is ready to issue a new Twitter challenge to his fellow Connecticut representatives.

Himes commented late Monday that Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has finally succeeded in passing Himes's follower count on Twitter, though just barely, with 8,323 compared to 8,315. 

Ok. So @chrismurphyct just passed my follower #. I could mourn, or I could point out he's a friggin' senator now. So w/5 CT districts....

— Jim Himes (@jahimes) January 15, 2013

Himes and Murphy have gotten competitive over Twitter followers in the past, notably last January, when they engaged in a race for new followers, which concluded with Himes giving to the charity of Murphy's choice. 

But since Murphy won his bid for the Connecticut Senate seat last November, Himes is considering leaving him to "his rarefied and stately senatorial realm" and taking on a couple of other Connecticut representatives instead.

Or, I could just start picking on @elizabeth_esty and @repjoecourtneyand leave @chrismurphyct to his rarefied and stately senatorial realm

— Jim Himes (@jahimes) January 15, 2013

So far, Reps. Elizabeth Esty (D) and Joe Courtney (D) have not responded to Himes's challenge. Esty, a new member of the House, has only about 250 followers on Twitter; Courtney has more than 5,000.

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