When deciding who to vote for in the upcoming municipal election, look at the initiatives Southington Democrats have accomplished during the past two years (2017-19):

Conducted meetings with dignity and respect.
Opened the lines of communication.
Ensured Town business was open and transparent.
Delivered the lowest tax increases over the past two years (less than .1 mills on average over the two years).
Added more medical services with AMR without additional cost.
Reviewed tax incentive programs to help those in need including seniors on a fixed income, people with a disability, …

Watch out for news and information regarding upcoming meetings and events sponsored by the Southington Democratic Town Committee:

Upcoming Meetings:

May 22, 2018
July 30, 2018
Sep. 25, 2018
Nov. 27, 2018
Jan. 29, 2019

Here are the results from the 2017 municipal elections held November 7… congratulations Southington Democrats!

Chris Palmieri, New Town Council Chairman

RANK
OFFICE
PARTY

TOWN COUNCIL

1
Christopher J. Palmieri
D

2
Victoria Triano
R

3
Dawn A. Miceli
D

4
Christopher  J. Poulos
D

5
John N. Barry
D

6
Tom Lombardi
R

7
Michael Riccio
R

8
William Dziedzic
R

9
Kelley Morrissey
D

BOARD OF FINANCE

1
Edward Pocock Jr
R

2
John Leary
R

3
Joseph Labieniec
R

4
Susan J. Zoni
D

5
Tony Morrison
R

6
Kevin Beaudoin
D

BOARD OF ED

1
Zaya G. Oshana
D

2
Terri Carmody
R

3
Brian Goralski
R

4
Colleen Clark
R

5
David Derynoski
D

6
Robert S. Brown
D

7
Patricia Queen
R

8
Lisa Cammuso
D

9
Joseph Baczewski
R

PLANNING & ZONING

1
Paul Chaplinsky Jr
R

2
Michael Delsanto
R

3
Susan M. Locks
D

4
Robert Hammersley
R

WATER BOARD

1
Ralph Warner
R

2
Thomas Murphy
D

3
Rudolph Cabata
D

The Southington Democratic Town Committee wishes to congratulate Mr. Brumback on his retirement.  With Mr. Brumback’s departure we have the opportunity to shape the administration of our Town.  We adamantly believe that the process of hiring a new town manager should be open to all, both in every candidate’s ability to apply and the public’s ability to review the tough decision of the council.  Regardless of past choices, we believe that the selection process must look into all qualified candidates and hire the Town Manager that is best …

2017 Town Council Candidates

On Friday, July 21st, The Southington Democratic Town Committee gathered at the pavilion at the Southington Drive In to endorse its slate for the November election.  In front of an enormous and enthusiastic crowd, Kelly Morrissey; a mother of two, former DEA agent and current Assoc. Director Facilities, Security Operations at ESPN; Chris Poulos; former CT Teacher of the Year and Southington native who lives in Plantsville with his wife and children, along with Carolyn Futtner; a local Attorney with a …

Dear Representatives Sampson and Fusco,

As chairman of the Southington Democratic Town Committee, I speak for many of your constituents when I express great concern at two of your recent votes. First, you were two of just eight Republican representatives to vote against a bill — which has since become law — to ban the cruel and ineffective practice of anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy,” despite wide bipartisan support and the support of the medical community. More recently, you joined many of your GOP colleagues in voting against …

The Southington Democratic Town Committee (SDTC) elected Water Commission member Robert Berkmoes as Chairman and former Chairwoman Elaine Bedard as Vice-Chairman at the March 3, 2016 organizational meeting.

SDTC members thanked former Chairman Ed Rosenblatt and former Vice-Chairman Rebecca Davis for their hard work during the past two years.

Bob is a long-time water commissioner and has served as the party’s Vice-Chairman. His bio can be viewed here: http://southingtondemocrats.org/candidates-2015/water-board/robert-berkmoes/

Elaine is past Chairman and has served in numerous boards and commissions in Southington.

The SDTC has many new members and …

Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman have made progress — and newspapers across the state are lining up behind them as we hit the homestretch.

In the last three days, we’ve picked up four endorsements from newspapers across the state. That means every major outlet so far has encouraged its readership to support Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman:
- The Hartford Courant
- The New Haven Register
- The Hearst Connecticut Media Group (CT Post/Stamford Advocate/Danbury News Times/Greenwich Times)
- The New London Day
- The Greenwich Post
- The Norwich Bulletin

The editorial …

Many thanks to all who attended and supported the 2014 Chairman’s Dinner, Sep. 5, at Hawks Landing. We had a visit from Congressman John Larson who honored Bob Berkmoes, our Distinguished Democrat of the Year. We also heard from our candidates running for various local and state offices.

Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this happen, including Jim Sinclair, Dave and Sue Zoni and Bob Berkmoes.

Photos from the dinner: