"Shays received endorsements from the "Connecticut Post" (this is a reversal of its 2004 endorsement of Farrell), "Esquire", Governor of Connecticut M. Jodi Rell, the National Association of Community Health Centers, League of Conservation Voters, Human Rights Campaign, Business and Professional Women, Women's Alliance for Israel, Republican Majority for Choice, National Federation of Independent Business, Connecticut Laborers' Political League, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, the National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition, and other veteran and union groups.