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MONROE, Conn. — In her bid to be Connecticut’s next governor, Erin Stewart touts her credentials as the longtime mayor of New Britain, where she led the city from the brink of bankruptcy, with an inherited $30 million budget deficit in 2013, to having a healthy $34 million rainy day
Three Republicans have firmly declared their intention to run for governor while seeking their party’s nomination: Betsy McCaughey, Ryan Fazio and Erin Stewart.Here is a brief rundown on Erin Stewart. What is Erin Stewart’s political experience?Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart is the only announced Republican candidate for governor in
More than eight months before the November election, former New Britain mayor Erin Stewart jumped into the governor’s race full force Wednesday with a package of $200,000 in television commercials as she unveiled her theme that Connecticut should try “something different.” Stewart, who needs to win her party’s primary before reaching the general election,
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Erin Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain, will fire the first major advertising salvo of the 2026 gubernatorial election when she begins airing campaign commercials this week. The 38-year-old Republican is seeking her party’s nomination and to take on the popular Democratic incumbent, Gov.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — New polling conducted on behalf of the gubernatorial campaign of Erin Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain, shows the 38-year-old Republican with a commanding lead in the race to win her party’s nomination. The poll results were compiled in a campaign memo obtained by
NEW BRITAIN — Former longtime New Britain mayor Erin Stewart has spent more than a year exploring a run for governor and is now seeking the Republican nomination for the state’s top office. As part of that effort, she has traveled across Connecticut and spoken with residents in communities both
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NEW BRITAIN — Republican Erin Stewart, the former mayor of New Britain, said the state has approved her campaign for public financing, which is now fully operating statewide. Stewart said the State Elections Enforcement Commission approved her application for the Citizens’ Election Program. The approval means her campaign is fully
The gubernatorial campaign of Republican Erin Stewart cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday by qualifying for public financing from the voluntary Citizens’ Election Program earlier than any previous candidate for governor. The State Elections Enforcement Commission unanimously approved Stewart’s application, immediately providing her an $806,875 convention grant and the promise of
HARTFORD — The State Elections Enforcement Commission on Wednesday approved the first convention campaign grant for former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart to support her candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. The SEEC approved a $806,875 grant for Stewart at its meeting Wednesday. The Stewart campaign said in a news release
Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart is the first major party candidate for governor to seek a newly available convention campaign grant to support her bid for the Republican nomination. The State Elections Enforcement Commission has Stewart’s groundbreaking grant application on its agenda to consider at its meeting Wednesday. The Stewart campaign said Tuesday that its staff was
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart is now a candidate for governor. She spoke to Dennis House about her campaign, her Republican opponent state Sen. Ryan Fazio, Gov. Ned Lamont and President Trump.
Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart talks about her run for governor.
Former New Britain Mayor and 2026 Gubernatorial Candidate Erin Stewart introduces her campaign and topline issues.
Is Connecticut’s Grand Old Party ready to be led by a firefighter’s salty daughter? Erin Stewart is betting it is. Erin Stewart is chronically unfiltered, casually profane and rarely off the record. Over coffee at Cafe Busy Bean, a brisk one-minute walk from her recently vacated office in New Britain’s
Former New Brittan Mayor Erin Stewart and state Sen. Majority Leader Bob Duff join the show.
Republicans have staunchly defended unprecedented state efforts in recent years to shrink Connecticut’s massive legacy of pension debt, even though it’s leached billions from education, health care and other core programs in the process. But the GOP has begun to modify that stance, willing to scale back that effort if
In 2018, numerous political observers suggested New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart could make the GOP’s most fresh, innovative candidate for governor in decades — but only if she could get past the conservative-dominated process for getting on the ballot. Many of them say 2026 could be similar. While its far
NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) – Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart officially submitted paperwork to run for Connecticut governor in 2026, according to documents filed with the State Elections Enforcement Commission. Stewart, a Republican, submitted her candidate registration form on Monday. She posted a video to her social media pages.
