John Hartwell Takes on Toni

The campaign for the 26th state senate district is now fully underway.  John Hartwell had a good day today.  First, he got the news that he qualified for the Clean Elections Program.  And he had an op-ed published in New Canaan’s Patch, in which he called for this campaign to focus on the seriousness of the challenges the next senate will face, not the name-calling and playground politics that we’ve become accostomed to from Hartford incumbents like Toni Boucher.

It’s often said that people get the government they deserve, but I believe we deserve much, much better than this. We deserve a legislature that can set aside differences and work together with the governor on our most pressing challenge—creating jobs in Connecticut.

He’s right.  Hartford partisanship helps no one.  It’s all well and good for Toni Boucher to try (and fail) to say “no” ad infinium, but do we really have a voice if our senator isn’t even at the negotiating  table?  Hartwell will bring his impressive personal experience and a real understanding of how government ought to function in the best interest of all his constituents to the next session and finally ensure that this part of Fairfield County is truly represented.

The 26th district includes part of New Canaan, along with all or part of Wilton, Westport, Weston, Redding, Ridgefield, and Bethel.

The other part of New Canaan sits in the 36th state senate district, where Nancy Barton is running to better represent us and oust another partisan Republican.

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