Oct. 26 -- Each election a myriad of organizations endorse candidates for office. The following is a list of endorsements submitted to The Day by candidates for, state senator and state representative.
Heather Somers (R): NFIB Connecticut PAC, The Connecticut State Building Trades Council, Planned Parenthood Votes CT and The Independent Party of Connecticut, Connecticut State Police Union, CT Realtors, Retired Teachers of Connecticut (ARTC PAC), The United Public Services Union C.O.P.S. Division, Unit #564 (Plainfield Police)
Andrew Parella (D): AFL-CIO, AFT-CT, UAW, Connecticut Sierra Club
Senate 19
Cathy Osten (D): Connecticut Employees Union Independent; UConn chapter of American Association of University Professors; State Police union; AFSCME Council 4; Service Employees International Union; 4Cs; Police Officers Association of Connecticut; Planned Parenthood; AFL CIO; CT Realtors; CSEA; Working Families Party; Independent Party; CT Sportsmen; Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut PAC; 1199 New England; Operating Engineers; CT Police and Fire Union; SEIU State Council.
Senate 20
Martha Marx (D): 3.14 Action; 4Cs, Congress of CT Community Colleges, SEIU 1973; Administrative and Residual Employees Union; AFSCME Council 4; American Federation of Teachers Connecticut; Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut PAC; Connecticut Citizen Action Group; CT Education Association; Communications Workers of America Local 1298; Connecticut against Gun Violence; Connecticut AFL-CIO; Connecticut Employees Union Independent; Connecticut League of Conservation Voters; Connecticut State Building & Construction Trades Council; Connecticut Working Families Party; Mental Health Now Candidate; Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate of Distinction; Planned Parenthood Votes! Connecticut; Police Officers Association of Connecticut; Reproductive Equity Now; SEIU Healthcare District 1199; Sierra Club; Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut; United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Devin Carney, (R): Independent Party of Connecticut; National Federation of Independent Businesses; Police Officers Association of CT; Fraternal Order of Police; Connecticut Association of Realtors.
Jane Wisialowski (D): Reproductive Equity Now; Planned Parenthood; Connecticut Against Gun Violence; American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 4; Connecticut State Building Trades; Young Democrats; College Democrats; Service Employees International 1199; Service Employees International Union State Council; Connecticut Employees Union Independent Service Employees International Union Local 511; Civil Service Employees Association Service Employees International Union Local 2001; Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors; Working Families Party; Mom's Demand Action Gun Sense candidate
House 37
Holly Cheeseman (R): Independent Party of Connecticut; Connecticut Fraternal Order of Police; National Federation of Independent Businesses; Connecticut Association of Realtors.
Nick Menapace (D): Connecticut American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; Connecticut State Building Trades; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Run for Something; Service Employees International Union 1199; The 4Cs, SEIU 1973; Working Families Party; Connecticut Education Association; Reproductive Equity Now; Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors; American Federation of Teachers; Young Dems; College Democrats; Connecticut League of Conservation Voters; Planned Parenthood; CT Against Gun Violence; Sierra Club; International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478; Moms Demand Action; Connecticut Youth Political Advocacy Center; Administrative and Residual Employees Union; Connecticut Voters First.
House 38
Nick Gauthier (D): Independent Party; Working Families Party; Young Democrats of Connecticut; College Democrats of Connecticut; Connecticut State Building Trades Council; AFL-CIO; CSEA SEIU Local 2001; AFT Connecticut; Administrative and Residual Employees Union; International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478; CEUI SEIU Local 511; the 4C's; the Congress of Connecticut State Community Colleges; SEIU 1973, Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors; SEIU 1199; the Sierra Club; Reproductive Equity Now; the Progressive Change Campaign Committee; Planned Parenthood; Connecticut League of Conservation Voters; the Connecticut Citizen Action Group; SEIU Connecticut State Council; CT Against Gun Violence; Connecticut Voters First.
Kathleen McCarty (R): Connecticut Association of Realtors; Connecticut Fraternal Order of Police and the Police Officers Association of Connecticut; Connecticut Business Industry Association; Connecticut Education Association Honor Roll.
House 39
Anthony Nolan (D): Connecticut Young Democrats; Connecticut Citizen Action Groupl Connecticut League of Conservation Voters; Sierra Club CT; Connecticut Against Gun Violence; Connecticut AFL- CIO; AFT Connecticut; Connecticut State Building Trades Council
House 40
Christine Conley (D): Working Families Party; Independent Party of Connecticut; Connecticut AFL-CIO; AFSCME Council 4; AFT CT; Planned Parenthood; SEIU 1199; CEUI SEIU Local 511; Connecticut Citizens Action Group; 4Cs, Congress of the CT Community Colleges, SEUI 1973; Connecticut State Building Trades; International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478; Association of Retired Teachers of Connecticut; CT Against Gun Violence; Connecticut Realtors; Young Democrats of Connecticut
House 41
Aundré Bumgardner (D): CT League of Conservation Voters; Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of CT; CT AFL-CIO; Sierra Club CT; Independent Party; Working Families Party; Democratic Party; Planned Parenthood Votes!; Reproductive Equity Now; American Federation of Teachers CT; AFSCME Council 4; The Political Action Committee of the Association for Retired Teachers of Connecticut (ARTC PAC); CEUI SEIU Local 511; 4Cs, the Congress of Connecticut State Community Colleges, SEIU 1973; Connecticut Citizen Action Group (CCAG); SEIU State Council; SEIU 1199NE; CWA Local 1298; CT Realtors; CT Against Gun Violence; and UAW Region 9A.
House 46:
Working Families Party; AFSCME Council 4; AFT Connecticut; Association of Retired Teachers (ARTC PAC); Planned Parenthood; Connecticut Against Gun Violence (CAGV); Young Democrats of CTAFL-CIO; CT Building Trades Council; Uniformed Professional Firefighters Association of Connecticut; The Collective PAC.
House 139:
Kevin Ryan (D): Service Employees International Union, State Council, AFL-CIO, Working Families, Independence Party, American Federation of Teachers, CT Education Association, Operating Engineers, Young Democrats of CT, CCAG -- Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Connecticut Employees Union Independent, Planned Parenthood, Connecticut League of Conservation Voters: CTLCV, Sierra Club, Ct Realtors