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Election 2012 Results for Our Endorsed Candidates

The Endorsement Process

Endorsing candidates who support children, teachers, and public education

CEA endorses candidates, regardless of their party affiliation, based on their established records and/or stated positions on the issues that matter to and directly affect students, teachers, and public education.

The teacher-elected CEA PAC (political action committee) is the representative body responsible for screening candidates and making recommendations to the CEA board of directors for endorsement of candidates, but any CEA member can offer input into the process.

Initial endorsements for candidates seeking reelection are based on incumbents' voting records, their responses to candidate questionnaires, and their working relationships with CEA's lobbying team, local association leaders, and members.

CEA asks new candidates to complete a CEA PAC-developed candidate questionnaire regarding issues facing teachers and public education. All candidates registered with the Secretary of the State's Office are invited to complete a questionnaire. CEA PAC reviews each questionnaire and determines whether to recommend endorsing a candidate or to conduct a screening interview before making a decision.

After reviewing CEA PAC's recommendations, the CEA board of directors votes on final endorsements based on the above-named criteria and what is in the best interest of public education and the teaching profession.

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Endorsed Candidates

President Barack Obama

Re-elected for second term for President.

Election Result: W

Christopher Murphy - U.S. Senate

Election Result: W

Endorsed Congressional Candidates

John Larson

1st Congressional District

Election Result: W

Joe Courtney

2nd Congressional District

Election Result: W

Rosa DeLauro

3rd Congressional District

Election Result: W

Jim Himes

4th Congressional District

Election Result: W

Elizabeth Esty

5th Congressional District

Election Result: W

Endorsed House Candidates

District 1

Representative Matthew Ritter

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hartford
Election Result: W

District 3

Representative Minnie Gonzalez

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hartford
Election Result: W

District 6

Mr. Edwin Vargas, Jr.

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Hartford
Election Result: W

District 8

Mr. John Murphy, Jr.

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Columbia, Coventry, Tolland, Vernon
Election Result: L

District 9

Representative Jason Rojas

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Hartford, Manchester
Election Result: W

District 10

Representative Henry Genga

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Hartford
Election Result: W

District 12

Representative Geoff Luxenberg

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Manchester
Election Result: W

District 13

Mr. Joseph Diminico

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Glastonbury, Manchester
Election Result: W

District 14

Representative William Aman

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: South Windsor
Election Result: W

District 15

Representative David Baram

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bloomfield, Windsor
Election Result: W

District 17

Representative Timothy LeGeyt

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Avon, Canton
Election Result: W

District 18

Representative Andrew Fleischmann

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: West Hartford
Election Result: W

District 20

Representative Joe Verrengia

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: West Hartford
Election Result: W

District 21

Mr. Michael Demicco

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Farmington
Election Result: W

District 22

Representative Elizabeth Boukus

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Britain, Plainville
Election Result: W

District 23

Representative Marilyn Giuliano

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook
Election Result: W

District 24

Representative Rick Lopes

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Britain, Newington
Election Result: W

District 25

Representative Robert Sanchez

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Britain
Election Result: W

District 26

Representative Peter Tercyak

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Britain
Election Result: W

District 27

Representative Sandy Nafis

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Newington
Election Result: W

District 28

Representative Russell Morin

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Wethersfield
Election Result: W

District 29

Representative Antonio Guerrera

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield
Election Result: W

District 30

Representative Joe Aresimowicz

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Berlin, Southington
Election Result: W

District 31

Representative Prasad Srinivasan

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Glastonbury
Election Result: W

District 33

Representative Joseph Serra

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Middletown
Election Result: W

District 36

Representative Philip Miller

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam
Election Result: W

District 37

Representative Ed Jutila

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Lyme, Salem
Election Result: W

District 38

Representative Elizabeth Ritter

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Montville, Waterford
Election Result: W

District 40

Representative Edward Moukawsher

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Groton, Ledyard
Election Result: W

District 41

Representative Elissa Wright

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Groton, New London
Election Result: W

District 43

Representative Diana Urban

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: North Stonington, Stonington
Election Result: W

District 44

Representative Mae Flexer

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Killingly, Plainfield
Election Result: W

District 45

Representative Steven Mikutel

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Griswold, Lisbon, Plainfield, Sterling, Voluntown
Election Result: W

District 46

Mr. Emmett Riley

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Norwich
Election Result: W

District 48

Representative Linda Orange

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Colchester, Lebanon, Mansfield, Windham
Election Result: W

District 49

Representative Susan Johnson

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Windham
Election Result: W

District 50

Representative Mike Alberts

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Union, Woodstock
Election Result: W

District 53

Representative Bryan Hurlburt

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Ashford, Tolland, Willington
Election Result: W

District 54

Representative Gregory Haddad

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Mansfield
Election Result: W

District 56

Representative Claire Janowski

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Vernon
Election Result: W

District 57

Mr. Jason Bowsza

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: East Windsor, Ellington
Election Result: L

District 59

Representative David Kiner

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Windsor, Enfield
Election Result: W

District 60

Representative Peggy Sayers

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Windsor, Windsor Locks
Election Result: W

District 61

Representative Elaine O'Brien

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Granby, Suffield, Windsor
Election Result: W

District 64

Representative Roberta Willis

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington
Election Result: W

District 65

Representative Michelle Cook

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Torrington
Election Result: W

District 72

Representative Larry Butler

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Waterbury
Election Result: W

District 73

Representative Jeffrey Berger

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Waterbury
Election Result: W

District 75

Mr. Victor Cuevas

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Waterbury
Election Result: W

District 77

Representative Christopher Wright

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bristol
Election Result: W

District 80

Mr. Charles Marsella

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Southington, Wolcott
Election Result: L

District 81

Mr. David Zoni

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Southington
Election Result: W

District 82

Representative Emil Altobello

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Meriden, Middlefield
Election Result: W

District 83

Representative Catherine Abercrombie

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Berlin, Meriden
Election Result: W

District 84

Ms. Hilda Santiago

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Meriden
Election Result: W

District 85

Representative Mary Mushinsky

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Wallingford
Election Result: W

District 88

Representative Brendan Sharkey

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hamden
Election Result: W

District 89

Representative Vickie Nardello

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bethany, Cheshire, Prospect
Election Result: L

District 90

Representative Mary Fritz

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Cheshire, Wallingford
Election Result: W

District 91

Mr. Michael D'Agostino

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Hamden
Election Result: W

District 92

Representative Patricia Dillon

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Haven
Election Result: W

District 93

Representative Toni Walker

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Haven
Election Result: W

District 94

Representative Gary Holder-Winfield

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hamden, New Haven
Election Result: W

District 95

Representative Juan Candelaria

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Haven
Election Result: W

District 98

Representative Patricia Widlitz

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Branford, Guilford
Election Result: W

District 99

Representative James Albis

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Haven
Election Result: W

District 100

Representative Matthew Lesser

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Middletown
Election Result: W

District 101

Representative Noreen Kokoruda

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Durham, Madison
Election Result: W

District 102

Representative Lonnie Reed

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Branford
Election Result: W

District 103

Representative Al Adinolfi

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Cheshire, Southington, Wallingford
Election Result: W

District 104

Representative Linda Gentile

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Ansonia, Derby
Election Result: W

District 109

Mr. David Arconti, Jr.

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Danbury
Election Result: W

District 110

Representative Bob Godfrey

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Danbury
Election Result: W

District 114

Representative Themis Klarides

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Derby, Orange, Woodbridge
Election Result: W

District 115

Representative Stephen Dargan

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: West Haven
Election Result: W

District 116

Representative Louis Esposito

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Haven, West Haven
Election Result: W

District 117

Representative Paul Davis

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Milford, Orange, West Haven
Election Result: W

District 118

Representative Kim Rose

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Milford
Election Result: W

District 119

Mr. James Maroney

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Milford, Orange
Election Result: W

District 121

Representative Terry Backer

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Stratford
Election Result: W

District 124

Representative Charles Clemons

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bridgeport
Election Result: W

District 127

Representative John "Jack" Hennessy

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bridgeport
Election Result: W

District 129

Representative Auden Grogins

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bridgeport
Election Result: W

District 130

Representative Ezequiel Santiago

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bridgeport
Election Result: W

District 133

Representative Kim Fawcett

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Fairfield
Election Result: W

District 137

Representative Chris Perone

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Norwalk
Election Result: W

District 139

Representative Kevin Ryan

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bozrah, Montville, Norwich
Election Result: W

District 140

Representative Bruce Morris

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Norwalk
Election Result: W

District 142

Representative Lawrence Cafero

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Canaan, Norwalk
Election Result: W

District 143

Mr. Ted Hoffstatter

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Norwalk, Westport, Wilton
Election Result: L

District 144

Mr. Michael Pollard

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Stamford
Election Result: L

District 145

Representative Patricia Billie Miller

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Stamford
Election Result: W

District 146

Representative Gerald Fox

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Stamford
Election Result: W

Endorsed Senate Candidates

District 1

Senator John Fonfara

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hartford, Wethersfield
Election Result: W

District 2

Senator Eric Coleman

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bloomfield, Hartford, Windsor
Election Result: W

District 3

Senator Gary LeBeau

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, South Windsor
Election Result: W

District 4

Senator Steve Cassano

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Andover, Bolton, Glastonbury Manchester
Election Result: W

District 5

Senator Beth Bye

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bloomfield, Burlington, Farmington, West Hartford
Election Result: W

District 6

Senator Terry Gerratana

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Berlin, Farmington, New Britain
Election Result: W

District 7

Ms. Karen Jarmoc

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Election Result: L

District 7

Senator John Kissel

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: East Granby, Enfield, Granby, Somers, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks
Election Result: W

District 9

Senator Paul Doyle

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Cromwell, Middletown,Newington, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield
Election Result: W

District 10

Senator Toni Harp

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: New Haven, West Haven
Election Result: W

District 11

Senator Martin Looney

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Hamden, New Haven, North Haven
Election Result: W

District 12

Senator Edward Meyer

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Branford, Durham, Guilford, Killingworth, Madison, North Branford
Election Result: W

District 14

Senator Gayle Slossberg

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Milford, Orange, West Haven, Woodbridge
Election Result: W

District 16

Mr. John "Corky" Mazurek

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott
Election Result: L

District 17

Senator Joseph Crisco

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge
Election Result: W

District 19

Ms. Catherine Osten

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Columbia, Franklin, Hebron, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Marlborough, Montville, Norwich, Sprague
Election Result: W

District 20

Senator Andrea Stillman

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bozrah, East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, Waterford
Election Result: W

District 22

Senator Anthony Musto

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Bridgeport, Monroe, Trumbull
Election Result: W

District 23

Representative Andres Ayala

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Bridgeport, Stratford
Election Result: W

District 27

Senator Carlo Leone

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Darien, Stamford
Election Result: W

District 28

Senator John McKinney

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Easton, Fairfield, Newtown, Weston, Westport
Election Result: W

District 29

Senator Donald Williams

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Brooklyn, Canterbury, Killingly, Mansfield, Putman, Scotland, Thompson, Windham
Election Result: W

District 30

Representative Clark Chapin

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Brookfield, Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington, Warren, Winchester
Election Result: W

District 31

Mr. David Roche

Seat Type: Challenger
Towns Represented: Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth, Thomaston
Election Result: L

District 33

Mr. James Crawford

Seat Type: Open
Towns Represented: Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Saybrook, Portland, Westbrook
Election Result: L

District 34

Senator Leonard Fasano

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Durham, East Haven, North Haven, Wallingford
Election Result: W

District 35

Senator Anthony Guglielmo

Seat Type: Incumbent
Towns Represented: Ashford, Chaplin, Coventry, East Hartford, Ellington, Hampton, Pomfret, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington, Woodstock
Election Result: W