Sen. Lesser Helps Stuff Easter Baskets For Servicemen

NEWINGTON, CT - From State Senator Matt Lesser: State Senator Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) joined State Representatives Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill) and Gary Turco (Newington), Newington Mayor Roy Zartarian and Stew Leonard’s CEO Stew Leonard, Jr., to help stuff Easter baskets full of goods for an Easter dinner for active duty servicemen and women as part of Stew Leonard’s “Operation Basket” on Friday, April 19, 2019.

About Matt Lesser: Sen. Lesser was first elected in 2018 to represent the ninth Senate District which consists of Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield. Prior to being elected to the State Senate, he was a State Representative for the city of Middletown. He has been a principle author of Connecticut’s Student Loan Bill of Rights, the first in the nation, a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing waste and a major workplace safety law later adapted as a national standard. He has been honored by the Connecticut chapter of the AARP and has been named a champion by the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters.