Pro-Choice Candidates Elected into State Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut Political Action Committee (PAC) is extremely pleased that sixty four out of our seventy five endorsed candidates were elected into state office on Tuesday, November 4th! Our endorsed candidates reflect a range of political affiliation, background, gender, and experience. All candidates endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut PAC pledge, if elected, to vote against anti-choice bills, including those that would restrict access to the full spectrum of reproductive health services – from contraception, to carrying a healthy pregnancy to term, to choosing a safe and legal abortion. Pro-actively, endorsed candidates support comprehensive, age appropriate sexuality education that is based on medically accurate information, and all support equitable and timely access to emergency contraception. “I am so thankful that our endorsed candidates believed that women’s reproductive health was an important issue to be discussed in this year’s political campaigns”, said PAC Chair Cari Carter. The NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut Political Action Committee endorsed the following 2008 elected legislators: Senate- John Fonfara, 1st District Andrew Maynard, 18th District Tom Colapietro, 3rd District Edith Prague, 19th District Mary Ann Handley, 4th District Andrea Stillman, 20th District Jonathan Harris, 5th District Andrew McDonald. 27th District Toni Harp, 10th District Donald Williams, 29th District Ed Meyer, 12th District Andrew Roraback, 30th District Thomas Gaffey, 13th District Tony Guglielmo, 35th District Gayle Slossberg, 14th District House- Jason Bartlett, 2nd District Steve Fontana, 87th District Joan Lewis, 8th District Vickie Nardello, 89th District Linda Schofield, 16th District Peter Villano, 91st District Andy Fleischmann, 18th District Pat Dillon, 92nd District Beth Bye, 19th District Toni Walker, 93rd District David McCluskey, 20th District Gary Winfield, 94th District Demetrious Giannaros, 21st District Patricia Widlitz, 98th District Tim O’Brien, 24th District Mike Lawlor, 99th District John Geragosian, 25th District Matt Lesser, 100th District Sandy Nafis, 27th District Deb Heinrich, 101st District Thomas Kehoe, 31st District Lonnie Reed, 102nd District Gail Hamm, 34th District Elizabeth Esty, 103rd District Brian O’Connor, 35th District Joseph Taborsak, 109th District James Spallone, 36th District Bob Godfrey, 110th District Betsy Ritter, 38th District Debralee Hovey, 112th District Elissa Wright, 41st District Themis Klarides, 114th District Tom Reynolds, 42nd District Louis Esposito, 116th District Melissa Olson, 46th District Lawrence Miller, 122nd District Susan Johnson, 49th District Chris Caruso, 126th District Bryan Hurlburt, 53rd District Jack Hennessy, 127th District Denise Merrill, 54th District Kim Fawcett, 133rd District Kathy Tallarita, 58th District Chris Perone, 137th District Corky Mazurek, 80th District Kevin Ryan, 139th District Zeke Zalaski, 81st District Lile Gibbons, 150th District
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