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For Immediate Release
September 24, 2004


CBIA ENDORSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association, the state’s largest business organization, today announced its endorsement of state Senate and House candidates for the Nov. 2 general election.

“Legislators elected to the 2005 General Assembly will deal with many critical issues affecting the health and vitality of Connecticut's economy and the quality of life for the people of the state,” said Kenneth O. Decko, CBIA president and CEO. “We urge voters to help elect candidates who will make decisions that will improve Connecticut’s business climate, keep our state competitive and strengthen our economy.”

CBIA/EPIC, the association’s political action committee, has endorsed the following candidates:

State Senate
(District and endorsed candidate)

 

5

 

   

6

Donald DeFronzo

24

David Cappiello

7

John Kissel

26

Judith Freedman

8

Thomas Herlihy

27

Andrew McDonald

9

Biagio “Billy” Ciotto

28

John McKinney

12

William Aniskovich

30

Andrew Roraback

13

Thomas Gaffey

31

Beverly Bobroske

14

Winthrop Smith

32

Louis DeLuca

15

Joan Hartley

33

Eileen Daily

18

Catherine Cook

34

Leonard Fasano

19

Catherine Marx

35

Anthony “Tony” Guglielmo

21

George “Doc” Gunther

36

William Nickerson

State House
(District and endorsed candidate)

2

Hank Bielawa

 

82

Emil “Buddy” Altobello

9

Christopher Stone

86

Robert Ward

10

Melody Currey

90

Mary Fritz

11

Michael Christ

92

Patricia Dillon

14

William Aman

94

William Dyson

15

Faith McMahon

96

Cameron Staples

16

Robert Heagney

98

Patricia Widlitz

17

Kevin Witkos

100

Raymond Kalinowski

19

Robert Farr

101

Peter Metz

21

Demetrios Giannaros

102

Peter Panaroni Jr.

22

Elizabeth “Betty” Boukus

103

Alfred Adinolfi

23

Marilyn Giuliano

105

Leonard Greene

27

Sandy Nafis

106

Julia Wasserman

28

Paul Doyle

107

David Scribner

29

Antonio “Tony” Guerrera

108

Mary Ann Carson

30

Robert Peters

110

Robert Godfrey

31

Sonya “Sonny” Googins

111

John Frey

35

Brian O’Connor

112

DebraLee Hovey

41

Lenny Winkler

113

Richard Belden

44

Michael Caron

114

Themis Klarides

45

Steven Mikutel

115

Stephen Dargan

47

Jack Malone

118

James Amann

49

Walter Pawelkiewicz

119

Richard Roy

51

Shawn Johnston

120

John Harkins

55

Pamela Sawyer

121

Terrance Backer

57

Theodore Graziani

122

Lawrence Miller

58

Kathleen Tallarita

123

T.R. Rowe

59

Stephen Jarmoc

125

John Hetherington

60

Margaret Sayers

131

David Labriola

61

Ruth Fahrbach

132

Carl Dickman

62

Richard Ferrari

133

Catherine Tymniak

65

Anne Ruwet

134

John “Jack” Stone

66

Craig Miner

135

John Stripp

67

Clark Chapin

136

Kenneth Bernhard

68

Sean Williams

138

Janice Giegler

69

Arthur O’Neill

141

John Ryan

70

Kevin DelGobbo

142

Lawrence Cafero

71

Anthony D’Amelio

143

Antonietta Boucher

72

Reginald “Reggie” Beamon

147

Donald Sherer

73

Jeffrey Berger

148

Carlo Leone

74

Selim Noujaim

149

Livvy Floren

76

John Piscopo

150

Lile Gibbons

78

William Hamzy

151

Claudia “Dolly” Powers

80

John “Corky” Mazurek

   

For more information regarding the CBIA endorsed candidates, including their legislative voting records, campaign finance records and biographical information, please visit CBIA’s new 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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