List of Party Committee Endorsed Candidates Published
The candidates endorsed by the town committees of the New Britain Democratic and Republican parties have been released.
In Connecticut, major party nominations start with an endorsement by each party’s local town committee or a multi-town convention. The candidates who are endorsed become that party’s nominees at the expiration of the deadline to file petition signatures. However, if challengers succeed in collecting enough primary signatures, the nomination is made by everyday voters who are registered in that party.
The deadline for party members challenging for their parties’ nomination to submit petitions with enough signatures to qualify for a primary is August 11, 2021. In 2021, any primary would be held on September 14th.
Town and City Clerk Mark Bernacki (R) has released the list of names endorsed by the Democratic and Republican town committees. Under state law, town clerks are responsible for compiling a, “list of the persons endorsed as candidates,” and to have that list, “available for public distribution.”
The candidates who the Democratic and Republican town committee have endorsed are:
Candidate Name | Party |
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Mayor—Vote for One 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Robert "Bobby" Sanchez | Democratic Party |
Erin E. Stewart | Republican Party |
Town Clerk—Vote for One 11/09/2021—11/11/2025 | |
Bryan Sabin | Democratic Party |
Mark H. Bemacki | Republican Party |
Tax Collector—Vote for One 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Lanette Spranzo Macaruso | Democratic Party |
Cheryl Blogoslawski | Republican Party |
Treasurer—Vote for One 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Ronald Jakubowski | Democratic Party |
Danny Salerno | Republican Party |
Alderpersons At-Large—Vote for Up to Five 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Amy Labas | Democratic Party |
Chris Anderson | Democratic Party |
Francisco "Cisco" Santiago | Democratic Party |
Richard Reyes | Democratic Party |
Violet Jimenez Sims | Democratic Party |
Alden Russell | Republican Party |
Desiree Costa | Republican Party |
Luz V. Ortiz-Luna | Republican Party |
Matthew Malinowski | Republican Party |
Willie Pabon | Republican Party |
Alderperson - Ward 1—Vote for Up to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Chris Porcher | Democratic Party |
David A. Stenson Jr. | Democratic Party |
Howard B. Dyson | Republican Party |
Peter Scirpo | Republican Party |
Alderperson - Ward 2—Vote for Up to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Angel Segarra | Democratic Party |
Colin Ivan Osborn | Democratic Party |
Jerrell Hargraves | Republican Party |
Valerie Ruby Ingram | Republican Party |
Alderperson - Ward 3—Vote for Up to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Aram Ayalon | Democratic Party |
Iris Noemi Sanchez | Democratic Party |
Jeffrey A. Gumbs | Republican Party |
Sara Piatti | Republican Party |
Alderperson - Ward 4—Vote for Uo to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Basil Green | Democratic Party |
Todd Arasimowicz | Democratic Party |
Michael Thompson | Republican Party |
Robert Smedley | Republican Party |
Alderperson - Ward 5—Vote for Up to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Carlo Carlozzi Jr. | Democratic Party |
Lee "Tre" Brown Ill | Democratic Party |
Kris Rutkowski | Republican Party |
Paul D. Catanzaro | Republican Party |
Board of Education—Vote for Up to Three 11/09/2021-11/11/2025 | |
Annie S. Parker | Democratic Party |
Diana Reyes | Democratic Party |
Eileen Ruiz | Democratic Party |
Anthony "Tony" Cane | Republican Party |
Matthew T. Marino | Republican Party |
Tina Santana | Republican Party |
Board of Assessment Appeals—Vote for Up to Two 11/09/2021-11/14/20 | |
Candyce Scott | Democratic Party |
Wyatt Bosworth | Democratic Party |
Sheryl Mala | Republican Party |
Todd D. Cheney | Republican Party |
Constables—Vote for Up to Four 11/09/2021-11/14/2023 | |
Elias Vazquez | Democratic Party |
Richard M. Suprynowicz | Democratic Party |
Suzanne Bielinski | Democratic Party |
Thomas J. Shields | Democratic Party |
Alan F. Zaniewski | Republican Party |
Kenneth A. Haas | Republican Patty |
Richard Moreno | Republican Patty |
Sean Steele | Republican Patty |
Democratic leader and Mayoral candidate Veronica T. DeLandro and political activist and Democratic Mayoral candidate Alicia Hernandez Strong have both said that they plan to collect petition signatures to send the Democratic Party nomination for Mayor to a September 14th primary.
Strong said she has formed a “People’s Slate” with City Council candidates, Richard Lacourciere and Nate Simpson, saying that they plan, “on collecting the requisite signatures over the next two weeks to qualify for the ballot for the Democratic Primary.”