Sierra Club Endorsements 2022
The Results
We are very proud to announce that ALL of our Federal and Statewide endorsed candidates WON and 71% of our endorsed candidates for the CT General Assembly WON. You can check specific results below. We are looking forward to working with a strong environmental caucus in the coming session!
The Political Committee received a record number of applications for endorsement this year, reflecting Connecticut voters’ growing concern for the environment. The following candidates were selected for our endorsement based on their strong record of environmental action, or their potential to become legislative leaders in the transition to a more just and green future.
Click here to find your House, Senate, and Congressional Districts by entering your address. (This site shows your current district and may not reflect redistricting changes to take effect after the November 8 th election).
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Endorsed by Sierra Club National and Connecticut Chapter:
U.S. Senate
Richard Blumenthal
U.S. House of Representatives
John Larson, District 1
Hartford County – Berlin, Bloomfield, Bristol, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Glastonbury (part), Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Manchester, Newington, Rocky Hill, Southington, South Windsor, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, and Windsor Locks.
Joe Courtney, District 2
New London County – Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford
Rosa DeLauro, District 3
New Haven County – Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Prospect, Seymour, Wallingford, Waterbury (part), West Haven, and Woodbridge. Middlesex County – Durham, Middlefield, and Middletown (part)
Jim Himes, District 4
Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe,
New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton,
Stamford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, and Wilton
Jahana Hayes, District 5
Fairfield County – Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, Newtown, and Sherman. Hartford County – Avon, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, New Britain, Plainville, and Simsbury.
Endorsed by Sierra Club Connecticut Chapter:
Statewide Officers
Governor: Ned Lamont
Lt Governor: Susan Bysiewicz
Attorney General: William Tong
Secretary of the State: Stephanie Thomas
State Treasurer: Erick Russell
Connecticut House of Representatives
Matthew Ritter- District 1
Hartford
Raghib Allie-Brennan District 2
Bethel, Danbury, Newtown, and Redding
Jason Doucette District 13
Glastonbury, Manchester
Erica Evans HD 14
South Windsor
Jillian Gilchrest HD 18
West Hartford
Kate Farrar HD 20
West Hartford
Mike Demicco District 21
Farmington, Unionville
Colin Heffernan HD 23
Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Gary Turco HD 27
Newington
Amy Bello HD 28
Wethersfield
Kerry Wood HD 29
Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield
Denise McNair HD 30
Berlin, Southington
Christine Palm District 36
Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam
Nick Menapace District 37
East Lyme, Salem
Nicholas Gauthier District 38
Waterford, Montville
Anthony Nolan 39
New London
Aundre Bumgardner HD 41
Groton, New London
Keith Denning HD 42
Ledyard, Montville, and Preston
Pat Boyd HD 50
Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Union, and Woodstock
Gregg Haddad HD 54
Mansfield
Jim Irwin HD 61
Suffield, East Granby, Windsor
Kim Becker- District 62
Barkhamsted, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford
Maria Horn HD 64
Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan,
Salisbury, Sharon, and Torrington
Michelle Cook HD 65
Torrington
Matt Dyer HD 66
Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris, Warren, Woodbury
Alexandra Thomas HD 67
New Milford
Jeffrey Litke HD 70
Naugatuck
Ronald Napoli HD 73
Waterbury
Andrew Rasmussen-Tuller HD 77
Bristol
Chris Poulos HD 81
Southington
Mary Mushinsky HD 85
Wallingford
Josh Elliot- HD 88
Hamden
Moira Rader HD 98
Branford, Guilford
John-Michael Parker HD 101
Durham, Madison
Robin Comey HD 102
Branford
Phoebe Holmes HD 107
Brookfield, Bethel, Danbury
Farley Santos HD 109
Danbury
Bob Godfrey HD 110
Danbury
Aimee Berger-Girvalo HD 111
Ridgefield
Frank Smith HD 118
Milford
Mike Smith HD 119
Milford, Orange
PhilipYoung HD 120
Stratford
Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox HD 123
Trumbull
Victor Alverez HD 125
New Canaan, Wilton
Pierre d'Haiti HD 126
Bridgeport
Cristin McCarthy Vahey HD 133
Fairfield
Sarah Keitt HD 134
Fairfield, Trumbull
Jonathan Steinberg HD 136
Westport
Ken Gucker HD 138
Danbury, New Fairfield, Ridgefield
Kevin Ryan HD 139
Bozrah, Montville, Norwich
Lucy Dathan HD 142
Norwalk, New Canaan
Dominique Johnson HD 143
Norwalk, Westport, Wilton
Corey Paris HD 145
Stamford
David Michel- HD 146
Stamford
Rachel Khanna HD 149
Greenwich, Stamford
Hector Arzeno HD 151
Greenwich
Connecticut Senate
Saud Anwar - Senate District (SD) 3
East Hartford, Ellington, East Windsor and South Windsor
MD Rahman SD 4
Andover, Bolton, Glastonbury, and Manchester
Rick Lopes Senate District (SD) 6
Berlin, Farmington, and New Britain
Matt Lesser SD 9
Cromwell, Middletown, Newington, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield
Martin Looney SD 11
New Haven, Hamden and North Haven
Christine Cohen SD 12
Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, and North Branford
Jan Hochadel SD 13
Cheshire, Meriden, Middletown, Middlefield, and Rockfall
Jorge Cabrera SD 17
Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, and Woodbridge
Farouk Rajab SD 18
Griswold, Groton, Sterling, Voluntown, Stonington, North Stonington, Plainfield, and Preston.
Cathy Osten SD 19
Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Marlborough, Montville, Norwich, and Sprague
Ceci Maher SD 26
Bethel, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, Westport, Wilton
Tony Hwang SD 28
Fairfield, Easton, Newtown, and parts of Westport and Weston.
Mae Flexer SD 29
Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putnam, Scotland,
Thompson, and Windham
Eva Bermudez-Zimmerman SD 30
Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Winchester, Warren and part of Torrington.
David Bedell SD 34
Durham, East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford
Ballot Measure
Connecticut Question 1, the Allow for Early Voting Amendment, is on the ballot in Connecticut as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The amendment would amend the Connecticut State Constitution to allow the Connecticut General Assembly to pass laws to provide for early in-person voting. Currently, the state constitution does not allow for early voting, one of only five states that do not allow for early voting in some form.
The Sierra Club CT Executive Committee has endorsed the ballot measure, and
recommends a “yes” vote.
Read more here.
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