The Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee recently endorsed during a video conference call (following Coronavirus restrictions) the following candidates: Mark Anderson for State Representative (62-R), (due to the retirement of State Representative William Simanski) and Susan Day, as our long serving Registrar of Voters (R). BRTC treasurer and Steven Blackburn has been appointed to the BAA full seat, after serving as an alternate for years. Fine patriot and BRTC member, Tom Palmer, left a vacancy on the BAA after recently moving out of town. He kept a close watch on the Regional 7 budget for years, but was unable to make any needed changes in transparency. Mike Stewart, our newly appointed BRTC Secretary who is a retired businessman but now owns a local specialty food business, will replace Blackburn as the BAA alternate. Congratulations to all.
Monthly Archives: June 2020
State Senator Kevin Witkos Campaign 2020
June 18, 2020 – In Canton, Connecticut, at the home of State Senator Kevin Witkos (R-8), many district town chairs, vice chairs, state central members, supporters and staff showed up to give their support to the the eighth district Senator who has held this seat since 2008. He served two terms in the House before joining the Senate, and was a member of his town’s BOE in Canton, before running for state office. Barkhamsted RTC Chair, Juliana Simone, worked as a volunteer for nine months to help transition Witkos from the State House to State Senate.
Outside of his political career, he was a police sergeant for 28 years, and has been working for Eversource, a Connecticut electric utility company, since 2012. The State Senator also owned and operated a restaurant in the Collinsville section of Canton called “Wilson’s” for around five years. He is married to his wife Esther. They have two adult children.
With a Democrat challenger running against him for a third consecutive time, despite previous losses, Witkos told those assembled at the gathering that federal money was being funded into his opponent’s campaign. This has become more and more common in our state and others for federal money to be funneled into the smallest of local elections for an overall gain in their favor.
For those who want to contribute to the Witkos Campaign, please click here:
https://secure.anedot.com/witkos2020/donate
House Republican researcher, John Vamos, who has a long history of Witkos support, and was assigned to BRTC’s Chair Juliana Simone’s State Representative campaign in 2006, was at the gathering for donations and discussion. Jason Stark, Kevin’s campaign manager, and a long time employee of the House and Senate Republicans, gave the opening address to attendees.