Connecticut Republican Party
The Connecticut Republican Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the national Republican Party.
Connecticut Republican Party
Ben Proto
98 Washington Street,
Middletown, Connecticut 06457
502,482[1]
Republicans control neither chamber of the state legislature, no constitutional state offices, none of the state's five seats in the U.S. House, and neither of its two U.S. Senate seats. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. House was Chris Shays, who lost his seat in 2008 to Jim Himes. The last Republican to represent the state in the U.S. Senate was Lowell Weicker, who lost his seat in 1988 to Joe Lieberman.
Town committees[edit]
In Connecticut, there are Republican town committees in all 169 Connecticut municipalities.[2] The 169 Republican town committees are affiliates of the Connecticut Republican Party. Town committees have the ability to endorse candidates in primary elections for local office.[3]
