U.S. Congress 1st District

Name: John Larson Party: Democrat Race: 1st U.S. House District

Born and raised in East Hartford’s Mayberry Village, John Larson is in his

11th term as Connecticut’s Democratic 1st District congressional representative, first elected in 1998. He was a state senator for 12 years before that, serving until 1995, and was the Senate president for 8 of those. He has been a teacher, a coach and a business owner. He is on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Subcommittee on Tax Policy, and is chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee. He has been an advocate for gun control, green energy and energy independence, military families, and protecting Social Security. He and his wife, Leslie, have three children: Carolyn, Laura, and Raymond.

Name: Mary Fay Party: Republican Race: 1st U.S. House District

Mary Fay has been a resident of West Hartford for 17 years and is a financial services senior executive, according to her campaign site.

Her campaign also notes Fay, the daughter of a school teacher, was raised in East Hartford and attended public schools. She is a graduate of Skidmore College, with a degree in business/accounting and a minor in government and earned an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Fay is a two-term member of the West Hartford Town Council, an appointed member of the West Hartford library board, a volunteer at Morley school, and active in Concerned Citizens of West Hartford and Save our Water, CT, according to her campaign site..

Fay notes her priorities are to grow the economy, ensure public safety and to invest in families and education.

Name: Tom McCormick Party: Green Race: 1st U.S. House District

Candidate Tom McCormick, of West Hartford, describes himself as a citizen activist.

His campaign bio immediately notes that McCormick “started my citizenship opposing the Vietnam War while a student at UConn in 1973. I participated in blocking gates at Westover AFB. Gave up deferment and sent my 1A draft card back to sender.”

Further, among other activist endeavors he has organized or participated in, McCormick notes “shutting Millstone has been my avocation.”

Among other elements of his platform says he has “long advocated (for) steeply progressive income and inheritance taxes”; opposes nuclear weapons, proposes “adjudication for the undocumented with a path to citizenship.”