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For Immediate Release
September 28, 2006

 

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. 7 general election.

“Legislators elected to the 2007 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 John R. Rathgeber, 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)

4

Stewart Beckett

 

25

Fred Wilms

5

Jonathan Harris

 

26

Judith Freedman

7

John Kissel

 

27

Andrew McDonald

8

Thomas Herlihy

 

28

John McKinney

9

Paul Doyle

 

29

Donald Williams

13

Thomas Gaffey

 

30

Andrew Roraback

15

Joan Hartley

 

31

Beverly Bobroske

16

Sam Caligiuri

 

32

Louis DeLuca

18

Lenny Winkler

 

33

Eileen Daily

19

Matthew Daly

 

34

Leonard Fasano

21

Dan Debicella

 

35

Anthony “Tony” Guglielmo

24

David Cappiello

 

36

William Nickerson

  

State House (District and endorsed candidate)

9

Christopher Stone

 

89

Tim White

11

Michael Christ

 

90

Mary Fritz

12

Ryan Barry

 

92

Patricia Dillon

14

Bill Aman

 

94

William Dyson

15

Faith McMahon

 

96

Cameron Staples

16

Robert Heagney

 

98

Patricia Widlitz

17

Kevin Witkos

 

100

Raymond Kalinowski

21

Demetrios Giannaros

 

102

Peter Panaroni

22

Elizabeth Boukus

 

103

Alfred Adinolfi

29

Antonio “Tony” Guerrera

 

104

Joseph Romano

30

Ed Pocock

 

105

Leonard Greene

31

Susan Karp

 

106

Julia Wasserman

33

Joseph Serra

 

107

David Scribner

35

Brian O’Connor

 

108

Mary Ann Carson

41

Heather Sherman Bond

 

110

Robert Godfrey

42

Tom Reynolds

 

111

John Frey

44

Michael Caron

 

112

DebraLee Hovey

45

Steven Mikutel

 

113

Richard Belden

47

Jack Malone

 

114

Themis Klarides

50

Michael Alberts

 

115

Stephen Dargan

51

Shawn Johnston

 

118

James Amann

52

Penny Bacchiochi

 

119

Richard Roy

53

Bryan Hurlburt

 

120

John Harkins

55

Pamela Sawyer

 

121

Terry Backer

57

Theodore Graziani

 

122

Lawrence Miller

60

Margaret Sayers

 

123

T.R. Rowe

61

Ruth Fahrbach

 

125

John Hetherington

62

Richard Ferrari

 

131

David Labriola

65

Anne Ruwet

 

132

Chris DeSanctis

66

Craig Miner

 

133

Catherine Tymniak

67

Clark Chapin

 

134

Jack Stone

68

Sean Williams

 

135

John Stripp

69

Arthur O’Neill

 

138

Janice Giegler

70

Kevin DelGobbo

 

141

John Ryan

71

Anthony D’Amelio

 

142

Lawrence Cafero

73

Jeffrey Berger

 

143

Antonietta Boucher

74

Selim Noujaim

 

144

James A. Shapiro

75

David Aldarondo

 

146

Gerald Fox

76

John Piscopo

 

147

Donald Sherer

78

William Hamzy

 

148

Carlo Leone

80

John “Corky” Mazurek

 

149

Livvy Floren

82

Emil “Buddy” Altobello

 

150

Lile Gibbons

86

Vincent Candelora

 

151

Claudia “Dolly” Powers

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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