Stamford Democrats Elect New State Central Committee Rep for the 36th District

Democratic delegates for the 36th Senatorial District have elected Stephen Fuzesi Jr. of Greenwich as the Committeeman to the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee.

Fuzesi’s election came during a Special Convention held on June 30, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Edward Krumeich. Krumeich stepped down when he was confirmed as a judicial nominee for the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut by Governor Dannel P. Malloy. The State Central Committee is made up of two members from each of the 36 Senatorial Districts in Connecticut. Fuzesi will serve with Committeewoman Elizabeth Krumeich, also of Greenwich.

When asked what he hoped to accomplish by serving on the State Committee, Fuzesi said in a statement, “our party is more important now than perhaps ever before. It has the best promise to enpower our values and voice.” Fuzesi said he is committed to building on the momentum gained in Connecticut with the reelection of Malloy.

Fuzesi has served as chief counsel of Newsweek and newsweek/msnbc.com. Prior to serving at Newsweek, Fuzesi was with an international law firm advising on the economic, political, and legal rebirth in Central Europe. Having been born in Budapest, Hungary, and come to the United States at age 8 following the Hungarian Revolution (1956), Fuzesi returned to Budapest for several years to focus on emerging economies, emerging democracies, and emerging societies in developing a fully credible, nationally-distributed news magazine, which contained national news from the United States combined with local news written to an international standard.

Fuzesi also has been active in community service and currently is a member of the Center for International Media Assistance Advisory Council in Washington, D.C. and the Vice Chairman of Words without Borders in New York City. Most recently, Fuzesi has been a visiting lecturer in public policy at Wesleyan University. In the mid-1980s, Fuzesi ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in the 36th District against Republican Sen. Michael Morano. Fuzesi served from 1987 to 1991 on the Greenwich Board of Education before stepping down to take a position in Budapest.

Fuzesi said he plans to meet the Democrats throughout the 36th Senatorial District in Greenwich, parts of New Canaan and Stamford.

Contributed photo: Stephen Fuzesi Jr.