Presidential Campaign Now Has A Strong Milford Connection

MILFORD, CT — The Michael Bloomberg for President campaign now has a strong Milford connection. Milford Planning and Zoning Board member, Brett Broesder, has been hired to serve as State Director for the Democratic hopeful.

“Mike Bloomberg has taken on and won on some of our country’s toughest fights — be it on guns, climate, or public health — and our effort to defeat Donald Trump in Connecticut, and nationwide, will be no different,” said Broesder. “I’m eager to start building an organization that will not only help us win the primary on April 28, but also in November so that we can start rebuilding America.”

Broesder joins the team after serving as a Managing Director for Advocacy Solutions for the past year where he ran their Connecticut operation, and as a recently elected member of Milford’s Planning and Zoning Board. He has more than a decade of experience, including as a political consultant for Ned Lamont, Susan Bysiewicz, and Shawn Wooden in 2018.

Prior to that Broesder served as a senior aide to Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and former Bridgeport Mayor Bill FInch, as a communications director for the Montana Democratic Party, campaign manager for Peter Kilmartin’s successful Rhode Island attorney general run in 2010, and as a public affairs consultant for Ketchum and H+K Strategies in Washington, DC, and New York, NY.

“Broesder has an outstanding history of building and running teams on some of the most important and high-profile campaigns across the country and in Connecticut, and we’re excited to have him lead our efforts in the Constitution State to defeat Donald Trump and to elect a proven leader to the White House,” said Rob Diamond, East Coast States Director for Mike Bloomberg 2020, in a prepared statement.

Other Bloomberg 2020 Connecticut hires to date include:

Ruben Felipe, Political Director:

• Served as Deputy Chief of Staff to former Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch
• Served as a Democratic State Central Committee member from 2008-2010.
• Worked as the statewide Hispanic outreach director for Joe Lieberman’s successful U.S. Senate run in 2006.
• Father of current state representative Antonio Felipe.

Michelle Parente, Operations Director:

• Elected member of Milford’s Board of Aldermen.
• Co-founded Ella’s List, a state-based political action committee that helps to elect women at the municipal government level.
• Has worked as a political consultant/manager in Connecticut, Colorado and California

Jordan Grice, Communications Director:

• Reporter for Hearst’s Connecticut Media Group.
• Former reporter for The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach, Virginia), and The Citizen’s News (Naugatuck, CT).