2026 Connecticut AFL-CIO Endorsements
Delegates to the Connecticut AFL-CIO's Sixteenth Biennial Political Convention endorsed the following candidates.
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Governor
Ned Lamont
Lieutenant Governor
Susan Bysiewicz
Attorney General
William Tong
Secretary of the State
Stephanie Thomas
State Treasurer
Erick Russell
State Comptroller
Sean Scanlon
U.S. House
CD 1: stay neutral
CD 2: Joe Courtney
CD 3: Rosa DeLauro
CD 4: Jim Himes
CD 5: Jahana Hayes
State Senate
SD 2: Maryam Khan
SD 3: Saud Anwar, MD
SD 4: MD Rahman
SD 5: Derek Slap
SD 6: Rick Lopes
SD 7: David Kiner
SD 9: Matt Lesser
SD 10: Gary Winfield
SD 12: Christine Cohen
SD 13: Jack Fazzino
SD 16: Jack Perry
SD 17: Jorge Cabrera
SD 18: Joe De La Cruz
SD 19: Cathy Osten
SD 21: Carolann Reid
SD 22: Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
SD 23: Herron Gaston
SD 24: Julie Kushner"
SD 25: Bob Duff
SD 26: Samantha Nestor
SD 30: Aaron Zimmer
SD 31: Brandi Mandato
SD 31: Laurel LaPorte-Grimes
SD 35: Ethan Werstler
State House
HD 1: Matt Ritter
HD 5: Kyle Anderson
HD 8: Francis Lombard
HD 10: Angie Parkinson
HD 11: Patrick Biggins
HD 12: Geoff Luxenberg
HD 14: Tom Delnicki
HD 15: Bobby Gibson, Jr.
HD 17: Eleni Kavros DeGraw
HD 20: Kate Farrar
HD 21: Mike Demicco
HD 22: Rebecca Martinez
HD 23: Jane Wisialowski
HD 24: Manny Sanchez
HD 25: Iris Noemi Sanchez
HD 26: David DeFronzo
HD 27: Gary Turco
HD 28: Amy Morrin Bello
HD 31: Moise Carelus
HD 33: Brandon Chafee
HD 34: Meghan Rosenfeld
HD 35: Cinzia Lettieri
HD 37: Nick Menapace
HD 38: Nick Gauthier
HD 39: Anthony Nolan
HD 40: Dan Gaiewski
HD 43: Bill Heughins
HD 44: Samantha Derenthal
HD 45: Matt Danieluk
HD 46: Derell Wilson
HD 47: Marcus Palumbo
HD 48: Bob Fernandez
HD 49: Susan Johnson
HD 53: Michelle Cunningham
HD 54: Gregg Haddad
HD 56: Kevin Brown
HD 57: Jamie Foster
HD 59: Rick LeBorious
HD 60: Jane Garibay
HD 62: Kim Becker
HD 64: Maria Horn
HD 65: Edward Corey
HD 66: Suzanne Lovig
HD 73: Ron Napoli Jr.
HD 74: Michael DiGiovancarlo
HD 75: Geraldo Reyes
HD 77: DeWayne Wynn Jr
HD 79: Mary Fortier
HD 80: Cheryl Hilton
HD 82: Michael D. Quinn
HD 83: Chad Cardillo
HD 84: Hilda Santiago
HD 85: Samuel Carmody
HD 87: Kathleen Kimball
HD 91: Laurie Sweet
HD 92: Pat Dillon
HD 94: Steven Winter
HD 97: Leland Moore
HD 98: Moira Rader
HD 99: Karen Martin
HD 102: Robin Comey
HD 104: Kara Rochelle
HD 107: Julie Kerton
HD 108: Anne Weisberg
HD 109: Farley Santos
HD 110: Bob Godfrey
HD 111: Aimee Berger-Girvalo
HD 113: Bryan Lizotte
HD 114: Mary Welander
HD 115: Bill Heffernan
HD 117: MJ Shannon
HD 118: Toni Lombardi
HD 119: Alex Armstrong
HD 120: Kaitlyn Shake
HD 122: Mandy Kilmartin
HD 123: Bill Mecca
HD 134: Sarah Keitt
HD 135: Anne M Hughes
HD 138: Kenneth Gucker
HD 140: Travis Simms
HD 143: Dominique Johnson
HD 146: Eilish Collins Main
HD 147: Matt Blumenthal