Connecticut State Building Trades Council Bipartisan Slate of Endorsed Candidates for 2024 Election Cycle
For Immediate Release
Contact: Keith Brothers, keith547@comcast.net, 860-213-2645
Connecticut State Building Trades Council Announces
Bipartisan Slate of Endorsed Candidates for 2024 Election Cycle
Building Trades members will run a vigorous door knocking and mailing campaign to get out the vote for endorsed candidates
The Connecticut State Building Trades Council (CSBTC) represents approximately 30,000 hardworking men and women in Connecticut’s unionized construction industry.
After reviewing written questionnaires and conducting in-person candidate interviews, the CSBTC has voted to endorse a bipartisan slate of candidates running for federal and state legislative offices in 2024. That list is provided below.
“Our building trades officers conducted an exhaustive endorsement process this year. We’re grateful to all the candidates who took time to fill out our legislative questionnaire and meet with our leaders. And we’re grateful to our incumbent champions, our friends who always have our members’ back.” said Keith Brothers, President of the Connecticut State Building Trades Council (CSBTC). “This election is consequential. We don’t have the luxury of leaving anything up to chance. That’s why we’re focused on shaping a building trades majority in the legislature that’s committed to core standards in the unionized construction industry. Prevailing wage protections, project labor agreements, occupational licensing, apprenticeship standards - these are not up for debate. And we will not allow our members to be scapegoated or disenfranchised by an elite few who seek to undermine our collective power.”
“The CSBTC will be running an aggressive field operation,” said Brothers. “We’ll be hitting the pavement, knocking doors, and getting our members motivated to turn out at the polls. We’re excited about our endorsed bipartisan slate of candidates and looking forward to working with them to improve the lives of our members.”
Connecticut State Building Trades Council
2024 Candidate Endorsement List
U.S. Senate
Chris Murphy
U.S. House of Representatives
CD 1: John Larson
CD 2: Joe Courtney
CD 3: Rosa DeLauro
CD 4: Jim Himes
CD 5: Jahana Hayes
State Senate
SD 4: MD Rahman
SD 6: Rick Lopes
SD 7: John Kissel
SD 8: Paul Honig
SD 9: Matt Lesser
SD 10: Gary Winfield
SD 11: Marty Looney
SD 13: Jan Hochadel
SD 17: Jorge Cabrera
SD 18: Heather Somers
SD 19: Cathy Osten
SD 20: Martha Marx
SD 21: Kevin Kelly
SD 22: Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
SD 24: Julie Kushner
SD 25: Bob Duff
SD 26: Ceci Maher
SD 27: Patricia Billie Miller
SD 28: Rob Blanchard
SD 29: Mae Flexer
SD 33: Norm Needleman
SD 34: Brandi Mandato
SD 35: Merry Garrett
State House
HD 1: Matt Ritter
HD 7: Joshua Hall
HD 8: Nancy Hammarstrom
HD 9: Jason Rojas
HD 12: Geoff Luxenberg
HD 14: Tom Delnicki
HD 17: Eleni Kavros DeGraw
HD 20: Kate Farrar
HD 22: Rebecca Martinez
HD 23: Jane Wisialowski
HD 24: Manny Sanchez
HD 26: David DeFronzo
HD 27: Gary Turco
HD 28: Amy Morrin Bello
HD 33: Brandon Chafee
HD 34: Irene Haines
HD 35: Cinzia Lettieri
HD 37: Nick Menapace
HD 38: Nick Gauthier
HD 39: Anthony Nolan
HD 40: Christine Conley
HD 46: Derell Wilson
HD 48: Chris Rivers
HD 49: Susan Johnson
HD 51: Renee LaPalme Waldron
HD 52: Kurt Vail
HD 53: Ann Bonney
HD 54: Gregg Haddad
HD 55: Amanda Veneziano
HD 56: Kevin Brown
HD 62: Kim Becker
HD 64: Maria Horn
HD 65: Michelle Cook
HD 70: Jeff Litke
HD 79: Mary Fortier
HD 85: Mary Mushinsky
HD 86: Vin Candelora
HD 88: Josh Elliott
HD 90: Rebecca Hyland
HD 92: Pat Dillon
HD 93: Toni Walker
HD 96: Roland Lemar
HD 100: Kai Belton
HD 103: Liz Linehan
HD 104: Kara Rochelle
HD 109: Farley Santos
HD 111: Aimee Berger-Girvalo
HD 117: MJ Shannon
HD 119: Etan Hirsch
HD 120: Kaitlyn Shake
HD 123: David Rutigliano
HD 127: Marcus Brown
HD 128: Chris Rosario
HD 132: Jennifer Leeper
HD 135: Anne Hughes
HD 138: Ken Gucker
HD 139: Kevin Ryan
HD 143: Dominique Johnson
HD 146: Eilish Collins Main
HD 147: Matt Blumenthal