For Immediate Release
October 8, 2008

 

CBIA ENDORSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES

Business community urges voters to elect candidates who will strengthen Connecticut's economy

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association, the state's largest business organization, today announced its endorsement of state Senate and House candidates for the Nov. 4 general election.

“Legislators elected to the 2009 General Assembly will face growing budget deficits and tenuous local and national economic situations. They will be called upon to make the tough decisions necessary to ensure the health and vitality of Connecticut's economy and the quality of life for the people of the state,” said John R. Rathgeber, CBIA president and CEO. “We urge voters to elect candidates who will work to strengthen our economy, help improve Connecticut's business climate and keep our state competitive and our residents employed.”

CBIA has endorsed the following candidates:

State Senate

(district and endorsed candidate)

1	John Fonfara		21	Dan Debicella
4	David Blackwell		22	Robert Russo
5	Jonathan Harris		25	Bob Duff
7	John Kissel		26	Antonietta “Toni” Boucher
8	Kevin Witkos		27	Andrew McDonald
9	Paul Doyle		28	John McKinney
12	Ryan Suerth		30	Andrew Roraback
13	Thomas Gaffey		32	Robert Kane
14	Gayle Slossberg		33	Eileen Daily
15	Joan Hartley		34	Leonard Fasano
16	Sam Caligiuri		35	Anthony “Tony” Guglielmo
18	Andrew Maynard		36	L. Scott Frantz

 

State House
(district and endorsed candidate)

2	Jason Bartlett		78	William Hamzy
5	Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey		80	John “Corky” Mazurek
7	Douglas McCrory		82	Emil “Buddy” Altobello
11	Timothy Larson		86	Vincent Candelora
12	Ryan Barry		90	Mary Fritz
14	Bill Aman		96	Cameron Staples
15	P. Faith McMahon		98	Patricia Widlitz
19	Beth Bye		100	Raymond Kalinowski
21	Demetrios Giannaros		101	Deborah Heinrich
23	Marilyn Giuliano		103	Alfred Adinolfi
29	Antonio “Tony” Guerrera		107	David Scribner
31	Thomas Kehoe		108	Mary Ann Carson
35	Brian O'Connor		110	Robert Godfrey
37	Edwin Jutila		111	John Frey
41	Elissa Wright		112	DebraLee Hovey
42	Tom Reynolds		113	Jason Perillo
45	Steven Mikutel		114	Themis Klarides
47	Jack Malone		115	Stephen Dargan
50	Michael Alberts		117	Paul Davis
51	Shawn Johnston		119	Richard Roy
52	Penny Bacchiochi		120	John Harkins
53	Robert Arute
55	Pamela Sawyer		121	Terry Backer
57	Theodore Graziani		122	Lawrence Miller
59	Karen Jarmoc		123	T.R. Rowe
60	Margaret Sayers		125	John Hetherington
62	Richard Ferrari		131	David Labriola
65	Anne Ruwet		132	Ralph Bowley
66	Craig Miner		135	John Stripp
67	Clark Chapin		137	Ellen Wink
68	Sean Williams		138	Janice Giegler
69	Arthur O'Neill		142	Lawrence Cafero
70	Kevin DelGobbo		144	James Shapiro
71	Anthony D'Amelio		146	Gerald Fox
73	Jeffrey Berger		147	William Tong
74	Selim Noujaim		148	Carlo Leone
75	David Aldarondo		149	Livvy Floren
76	John Piscopo		150	Lile Gibbons

For more about the CBIA endorsed candidates, including their legislative voting records and biographical information, please visit CBIA's election Web site, www.ctbizvotes.com.

CBIA is the state's largest business organization, with 10,000 members.

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For more information contact Nancy Andrews, CBIA media relations manager, at 860-244-1957 or andrewsn@cbia.com.

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