Republicans, Democrats elect town committee officers; Litchfield board vacancies need to be filled; society achieves Silver Level in program
POSTED: 04/02/16, 2:00 AM EDT
BARKHAMSTED REPUBLICANS HOLD ELECTIONS
BARKHAMSTED >> The Barkhamsted Republican Town Committee recently held its officer elections. Members re-elected Chair Juliana Simone, who will be starting her fourth term as chairman. She was first elected in 2010 while working as field director for Mark Greenberg (CT-5).
Rev. Steve Blackburn, Ph.D., was re-elected to his fourth term as treasurer. Blackburn was also the treasurer for 2014 Secretary of the State Republican candidate Peter Lumaj. ]
Vice Chair Robert Brainard III, declined re-election due to his new membership on the Barkhamsted Elementary Board of Education and as a father of two young children, and Barkhamsted Selectman Mark Hemenway (R), was elected the committee’s new vice chair.
Simone, who worked for the House Republicans, has hosted a half-hour political interview Charter cable show for eleven years, is the web administrator for the committee’s website, and also worked for the Lumaj campaign as Grassroots Outreach and Media Director, ran for the State House in 2006 and was endorsed by former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson and the Republican American.