Politics & Government
Planned Parenthood Endorses Candidates in Connecticut State Elections
It's a first for the organization. Find out if your candidate made the list.
Connecticut Democrats, many of whom are incumbents, overwhelmingly picked up the endorsement of Planned Parenthood, the national organization dedicated to women's health, which is endorsing candidates in the state for the first time.
In the state Senate, the organization endorsed candidates in 22 of the 36 races, and 20 of those candidates are Democrats. Only two are Republicans. Eleven of the 22 are incumbents.
On the state House side, Planned Parenthood endorsed candidates in 66 of the 151 races. Fifty-six of them are Democrats, and 10 are Republicans. Thirty-six of the 66 are incumbents.
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All candidates were required to complete a candidate questionnaire and "be in 100 percent agreement with Planned Parenthood’s position on reproductive health," according to the organization.
Chris Corcoran, Planned Parenthood Votes! Connecticut PAC (PPV!CT PAC) Board Chair, spelled out in a statement why Planned Parenthood decided to make endorsements in Connecticut for the first time.
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"Our decision was based in part by the national dialogue where access to women’s health care is under fire," said Corcoran. "We are very proud to endorse candidates who are committed to protecting reproductive health care. The candidates we endorsed drive policy on women’s health care. Connecticut women and families should know that these candidates would ensure vital services remain intact."
Below is the list of endorsed candidates. Click here to view the Planned Parenthood Votes! Connecticut PAC website.
Connecticut State Senate Candidates (asterisk indicates incumbent, additionally: "Planned Parenthood Votes! CT PAC automatically endorses the incumbent (current) office holders with a 100 percent score. In some such races, the challenger may have also met our endorsement criteria, but will not have received our endorsement."):
- District 4 Steve Cassano*
- District 5 Beth Bye*
- District 6 Terry Gerratana*
- District 8 David Peña
- District 10 Gary Winfield*
- District 12 Ted Kennedy, Jr.*
- District 13 Danté Bartolomeo*
- District 14 Gayle Slossberg*
- District 16 Ryan Rogers
- District 17 Joseph Crisco*
- District 18 Timothy Bowles
- District 19 Cathy Osten*
- District 20 Ryan Henowitz
- District 21 Prez Palmer
- District 22 Marilyn Moore*
- District 23 Ed Gomes*
- District 24 Kenneth Gucker
- District 26 Carolanne Curry
- District 28 Phil Dwyer
- District 32 Gregory Cava
- District 33 Norman Needleman
- District 35 Anthony Guglielmo*
- District 36 John Blankley
Connecticut State Representative Candidates (asterisk indicates incumbent):
- District 1 Matthew Ritter*
- District 2 Raghib Allie-Brennan
- District 8 Thomas Currier
- District 12 Kelly Luxenberg*
- District 13 Joseph Diminico
- District 14 Saud Anwar
- District 15 David Baram*
- District 18 Andrew Fleischmann*
- District 19 Derek Slap
- District 20 Joe Verrengia*
- District 21 Mike Demicco*
- District 27 Joshua Shulman
- District 28 Russ Morin*
- District 29 Todd Brown
- District 30 Joe Aresimowicz*
- District 31 Matthew Saunig
- District 35 Mary Ellen Dahlgren
- District 38 Lauren Shaw
- District 40 John Scott*
- District 41 Aundré Bumgardner*
- District 43 Diana Urban*
- District 47 Kate Donnelly
- District 48 Linda Orange*
- District 49 Susan Johnson*
- District 50 Nora Valentine
- District 53 Susan Eastwood
- District 54 Gregory Haddad*
- District 56 Michael Winkler
- District 58 David Alexander*
- District 59 Anthony DiPace
- District 61 Michael Malloy
- District 66 Gayle Carr
- District 72 Jimmie Griffin
- District 76 Myrna Watanabe
- District 77 Laura Bartok
- District 78 Krystal Myers
- District 81 David Zoni*
- District 84 Hilda Santiago*
- District 85 Mary Mushinsky*
- District 87 Steve Gifford
- District 88 Josh Elliott
- District 92 Patricia Dillon*
- District 93 Toni Walker*
- District 96 Roland Lemar*
- District 98 Sean Scanlon*
- District 99 James Albis*
- District 100 Matthew Lesser*
- District 102 Lonnie Reed*
- District 103 Liz Linehan
- District 105 Theresa Conroy*
- District 106 Eva Bermudez Zimmerman
- District 110 Bob Godfrey*
- District 117 Sean Ronan
- District 118 Kim Rose*
- District 121 Joseph Gresko*
- District 122 Angela Capinera
- District 132 Dru Georgiadis
- District 133 Cristin McCarthy Vahey*
- District 136 Jonathan Steinberg*
- District 137 Chris Perone*
- District 138 Jeffrey Tomchik
- District 139 Kevin Ryan*
- District 141 Terrie Wood*
- District 144 Caroline Simmons*
- District 146 Terry Adams*
- District 151 Mudita Bhargava
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