Our Executive Team.
The Westport Republican Town Committee is comprised of the following executive members.
Patrizia Zucaro
Chairman
Perry Winter
Treasurer
Judy Domkowski
Vice-Chair
Alma Sarelli
Secretary
Joseph Sledge
Vice-Chair
Westport RTC
Join Us.
We typically meet in Room 201/201A at the Westport Town Hall every third Tuesday of each month at 8pm. The Westport Republican Town Committee consists of 40 members who are elected at caucuses by registered Republicans in the nine Representative Town Committee districts in January of even numbered years to serve two year terms. In March of even numbered years the new Republican Town Committee elects a chairman, a vice chairman, a treasurer and a secretary. The Town Committee meets at 8 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month, usually at the Westport Town Hall.
The main responsibility of the Republican Town Committee is to select the best candidates to run for public office and then to provide assistance to the candidates in electing them to office. In even numbered years the Town Committee is primarily involved with obtaining votes for Republican candidates seeking national offices, statewide offices and legislative positions. In odd numbered years the focus is electing Republican candidates for town wide positions such as Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, Board of Education, Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
Candidates for local and statewide positions are typically selected either by the Town Committee or at Conventions in May. The Town Committee raises funds to assist the candidates with advertisements and other expenses as well as to run their own advertisements in support of the candidates. Typically the Town Committee has a headquarters from which members make calls to the electorate asking voters to come out to vote on election day. Publicity is provided to the local media to support the Republican candidates.
Our Committee Members
(Revised 3/26/2024) (all e-mail addresses are hot-linked to your email software)
District 08
District 09
District 01
District 03
District 02
Lisa Hartmann*
lhartmann@wpsir.com
Tim Romano
trcoinc@gmail.com
Perry Winter
pwintereno@gmail.com
Patrizia Zucaro
mpzucaro@yahoo.com
Michael Calise*
Al Gratrix
Joseph Sledge
Darcy Sledge
Michael DelliCarpini*
James Izzo
Jack Whittle
District 05
District 04
District 06
Thomas C. Bloch
Judith Domkowski*
Charles Haberstroh
Spencer Yim
Andrew Colabella
Melanie Heiser
Rob Hordon*
Timothy Wetmore
Ed Iannone
Alma Sarelli*
Nick Sarelli
District 07
Andy Frankel
Thomas Lasersohn*
Tammy Pincavage
Michael Valante
Steve Violette
Brandi Briggs
Pete Wolgast*
John Zucaro
Robert Bass
John Bolton*
Avi Kaner
Steve Obsitnik
Cathy Walsh
* District Leader
Ex-Officio Members
Jen Tooker, First Selectman jentooker@gmail.com
Andrea Moore, Second Selectman mooreandrea@me.com
Liz Heyer, Board of Finance liz.heyer@gmail.com
Rich Hightower, Board of Finance rhightow@gmail.com
Michael Keller, Vice-Chair, Board of Finance michaelkeller20@gmail.com
Michael Calise, Planning & Zoning Commission michaelcalise@settlers.com
John Bolton, Planning & Zoning Commission jbolton.wstpt.pz@gmail.com
Patrizia Zucaro, Planning & Zoning Commission mpzucaro@yahoo.com
Robert Harrington, Board of Education robertharrington13@icloud.com
Dorie Hordon, Vice-Chair Board of Education dorieh@gmail.com
RB Benson, Zoning Board of Appeals Alt. benson.rb@gmail.com
Michelle Hopson, Zoning Board of Appeals michellehopson@gmail.com
Liz Wong, Vice-Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals elizwong99@gmail.com
Joseph Sledge, Board of Assessment Appeals joseph.sledge@snet.net
Tom Bloch, Board of Assessment Appeals Alt. blochs@aol.com
Maria Louise Signore, Registrar of Voters marialouisesignore@gmail.com
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