Rep. Christine Palm wins support of four towns in re-election bid

CHESTER — State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, recently won unanimous endorsement for re-election from delegates in the four towns she has represented in the General Assembly since 2018: Chester, Deep River, Essex and Haddam.

Palm has served two terms in the House of Representatives and is vice chairwoman of the Legislature’s Environment Committee, chairwoman of the Internship Committee, and is an assistant majority leader. She is a former journalist, teacher and small business owner, according to a press release.

“Christine is a champion for the lower Connecticut River Valley, leading the fight on protecting our unique and beautiful environment, on women’s rights, and on protecting the most vulnerable people in Connecticut,” Haddam Democratic Town Committee Chairman Peter Baird said in a prepared statement. “She’s also a tireless worker, always accessible, always concerned — no one works harder for us in Hartford, or in Haddam, and no one cares more for doing right by her constituents and her state.”

In addition to handling dozens of constituent concerns weekly, securing funding for local schools, and gaining bonding for capital improvement projects, Palm has shepherded two environment bills through the session that just ended, she said. She also secured $300,000 to create the Office of Aquatic Invasive Species, which will deal with the problem of hydrilla, water chestnut and milfoil in local waterways, and a bill to require the teaching of climate change in all Connecticut public schools.

Christine Palm / Contributed photo State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, was recently endorsed by delegates in the four towns she represents, Chester, Deep River, Essex and Haddam.