CAGV 2018 GRADES & ENDORSEMENTS

See how your elected officials rate on their support for strong gun laws.

The 2018 election is over, but it’s still informative to know where your state legislators stand on measures to reduce gun violence in Connecticut. Are they in favor of strong gun laws that save lives or do they side with the gun lobby in putting easy access to guns ahead of public safety?

In 2018 CAGV graded candidates running for the CT General Assembly. We also endorsed candidates who we believed would be true leaders on passing common-sense gun laws—and had already distinguished themselves as champions of gun violence prevention legislation. Click here to learn more about how we graded candidates.

If you’d like to see a legislator’s grade and endorsement status, enter their name in the search box below above the appropriate list. Or click on any of the column headings to sort the list on that field. Click here to look up your legislators.

Senate

First Name	Last Name	District	CAGV Grade
John W.	Fonfara	1	A
Douglas	McCrory	2	B
Anwar	Saud	3	NA*
Steve	Cassano	4	B
Slap	Derek	5	NA*
Terry B.	Gerratana	6	A
John A.	Kissel	7	F
Kevin D.	Witkos	8	F
Matt	Lesser	9	A
Gary A.	Winfield	10	A
Martin M.	Looney	11	A
Christine	Cohen	12	A
Mary	Daugherty Abrams	13	A
James	Maroney	14	B
Joan	Hartley	15	B
Rob	Sampson	16	F
George S.	Logan	17	D
Heather	Somers	18	F
Catherine A.	Osten	19	D
Paul M.	Formica	20	D
Kevin C.	Kelly	21	C
Marilyn V.	Moore	22	A
Dennis	Bradley	23	A
Julie	Kushner	24	A
Bob	Duff	25	A
William	Haskell	26	A
Carlo	Leone	27	A
Tony	Hwang	28	B
Mae	Flexer	29	A
Craig	Miner	30	D
Henri	Martin	31	F
Eric	Berthel	32	F
Norman	Needleman	33	C
Leonard A.	Fasano	34	C
Daniel	Champagne	35	D
Alexandra	Bergstein	36	A

House of Representatives

First Name	Last Name	District	CAGV Grade
Matthew	Ritter	1	A
Raghib	Allie-Brennan	2	A
Minnie	Gonzalez	3	B
Brandon L.	McGee	5	A
Edwin	Vargas	6	A
Joshua	Hall	7	A
Tim	Ackert	8	F
Jason	Rojas	9	B
Henry J.	Genga	10	A
Jeffrey	Currey	11	A
Geoffrey	Luxenberg	12	A
Jason	Doucette	13	A
Tom	Delnicki	14	B
Bobby	Gibson	15	A
John K.	Hampton	16	A
Leslee B.	Hill	17	*NA
Jillian	Gilchrest	18	A
Tammy R.	Exum	19	*NA
Joe	Verrengia	20	A
Michael	Demicco	21	A
William A.	Petit	22	D
Devin R.	Carney	23	C
Matthew	Pugliese	23	A
Rick	Lopes	24	A
Robert	Sanchez	25	A
Peter A.	Tercyak	26	A
Tremell	Collins	26	D
Gary	Byron	27	B
Gary	Turco	27	A
Russell A.	Morin	28	A
Kerry	Wood	29	A
Jospeh	Aresimowicz	30	B
Jill	Barry	31	A
Christie M.	Carpino	32	C
Joseph	Serra	33	A
Irene	Haines	34	D
Jesse	MacLachlan	35	D
Christine	Palm	36	A
Holly H.	Cheeseman	37	F
Kathleen M.	McCarty	38	B
Anthony L.	Nolan	39	NA*
Christine	Conley	40	A
Joseph	de la Cruz	41	B
Mike	France	42	F
Kate	Rotella	43	NA*
Anne	Dauphinais	44	F
Brian	Lanoue	45	D
Emmett	Riley	46	A
Doug	Dubitsky	47	F
Linda A.	Orange	48	C
Susan M.	Johnson	49	B
Pat	Boyd	50	D
Ricky	Hayes	51	D
Kurt	Vail	52	F
Patricia	Wilson Pheanious	53	C
Gregory	Haddad	54	A
Robin	Green	55	F
Michael	Winkler	56	B
Christopher	Davis	57	D
Thomas	Arnone	58	D
Carol	Hall	59	D
Jane M.	Garibay	60	NA*
Tami	Zawistowski	61	F
William	Simanski	62	F
Jay M.	Case	63	F
Maria	Horn	64	A
Michelle L.	Cook	65	A
David T.	Wilson	66	F
William	Buckbee	67	C
Joseph	Polletta	68	F
Arthur J.	O'Neill	69	C
Rosa C.	Rebimbas	70	D
Anthony J.	D'Amelio	71	D
Larry B.	Butler	72	A
Ronald A.	Napoli	73	NA*
Stephanie E.	Cummings	74	C
Geraldo C.	Reyes	75	A
John E.	Piscopo	76	F
Cara	Pavalock-D'Amato	77	F
Whit	Betts	78	F
Christopher	Ziogas	79	B
Gale	Mastrofrancesco	80	D
John	Fusco	81	D
Emil "Buddy"	Altobello	82	D
Catherine	Abercrombie	83	A
Hilda E.	Santiago	84	A
Mary M.	Mushinsky	85	A
Vincent J.	Candelora	86	F
Dave	Yaccarino	87	B
Joshua	Elliott	88	A
Lezlye	Zupkus	89	F
Craig C.	Fishbein	90	F
Michael	D'Agostino	91	A
Patricia	Dillon	92	A
Toni E.	Walker	93	A
Robyn	Porter	94	A
Juan R.	Candelaria	95	A
Roland J.	Lemar	96	A
Alphonse	Paolillo	97	A
Sean	Scanlon	98	A
Joseph	Zullo	99	NA*
Quentin	Phipps	100	B
Noreen S.	Kokoruda	101	B
Robin E.	Comey	102	NA*
Liz	Linehan	103	A
Kara	Rochelle	104	NA*
Nicole	Klarides-Ditria	105	D
Mitch	Bolinsky	106	B
Stephen G.	Harding	107	B
Richard A.	Smith	108	C
David	Arconti	109	A
Bob	Godfrey	110	A
John H.	Frey	111	B
J.P.	Sredzinski	112	C
Jason	Perillo	113	F
Themis	Klarides	114	B
Dorinda	Borer	115	A
Michael A.	DiMassa	116	B
Charles	Ferraro	117	B
Kim	Rose	118	B
Kathy	Kennedy	119	NA*
Phillip	Young	120	A
Joseph P.	Gresko	121	A
Ben	McGorty	122	F
David	Rutigliano	123	C
Andre F.	Baker	124	A
Thomas	O'Dea	125	B
Charlie L.	Stallworth	126	A
John "Jack" F.	Hennessy	127	A
Christopher	Rosario	128	A
Steven	Stafstrom	129	A
Antonio	Felipe	130	NA*
David K.	Labriola	131	D
Brenda L.	Kupchick	132	B
Cristin	McCarthy Vahey	133	A
Laura	Devlin	134	B
Anne	Hughes	135	A
Jonathan	Steinberg	136	A
Chris	Perone	137	A
Kenneth	Gucker	138	A
Kevin	Ryan	139	C
Travis	Simms	140	NA*
Terrie	Wood	141	B
Lucia "Lucy"	Dathan	142	A
Gail	Lavielle	143	B
Caroline	Simmons	144	A
Patricia Billie	Miller	145	A
David	Michel	146	NA*
Matthew	Blumenthal	147	A
Daniel J.	Fox	148	A
Livvy	Floren	149	B
Stephen	Meskers	150	A
Fred	Camillo	151	B

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How We Graded the Candidates

CAGV grades were determined using responses to the CAGV Candidate Questionnaire on Gun Laws sent to all candidates and, if the candidate is was incumbent, a detailed assessment of his or her legislative record including votes in committee and on the floor and whether they introduced or co-sponsored bills or amendments to strengthen, or weaken, CT gun safety laws. Also considered were one-on-one interviews with the candidates, public statements they made, testimony, appearances at public events and press conferences and remarks made to gun violence prevention and gun rights advocacy organizations.

Candidates who did not return our Questionnaire and had no publicly available record that revealed where they stand on gun safety laws were not graded

NA* (Not Applicable) as a grade means there wasn’t enough data available to grade the candidate or maybe they didn’t run in the original race.

CAGV 2018 GRADES & ENDORSEMENTS

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