The Westport Republican Town Committee

Joseph Sledge
Chairman

Judy Domkowski
Vice-Chair

Tom Lasersohn
Vice-Chair


Peter Anstett
Treasurer
Patrizia Zucaro
Secretary
RTC Meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at 8 PM
We typically meet in Room 201/201A at Westport Town Hall.
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.
Republican Town Committee, 2022-2024
(Revised 06/29/2023)
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District 1
Marty Bell*
Peter Bayer
Lisa Hartmann
Perry Winter
Patrizia Zucaro
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District 2
Michael Calise
Al Gratrix
Dorrie Harris
Bari Reiner*
Joseph Sledge
District 3
Michael DelliCarpini
James Izzo
Allen Levy*
Autumn Waggoner
Jack Whittle
District 4
Andrew Colabella
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Alma Sarelli
Lorraine Wetmore
Timothy Wetmore
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District 5
Thomas C. Bloch
Judith Domkowski
Charles Haberstroh
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District 6
Karl Merganthaler
Ed Iannone
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District 7
Peter Anstett
Brandi Briggs
Jon Olefson
Sue Staub
Pete Wolgast
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District 8
Jim Campbell
Thomas Lasersohn
Tammy Pincavage
Michael Valante
Steve Violette*
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District 9
Robert Bass
Stephen Obsitnik
Avi Kaner
Cathy Walsh
Ex-Officio Members
Jen Tooker, First Selectman jentooker@gmail.com
Andrea Moore, Second Selectman mooreandrea@me.com
Michael Keller, Board of Finance michaelkeller20@gmail.com
Perry Winter, Board of Finance pwintereno@gmail.com
Jon Olefson, Planning & Zoning Commission jon@olefson.net
John Bolton, Planning & Zoning Commission Alt. jbolton.wstpt.pz@gmail.com
Amie Tesler, Planning & Zoning Commission amietesler@gmail.com
Patrizia Zucaro, Planning & Zoning Commission mpzucaro@yahoo.com
Robert Harrington, Board of Education robertharrington13@icloud.com
Liz Heyer, Vice-Chair, Board of Education liz.heyer@gmail.com
Dorie Hordon, Board of Education dorieh@gmail.com
Liz Wong, Vice-Chair, Zoning Board of Appeals elizwong99@gmail.com
Michelle Hopson, Zoning Board of Appeals michellehopson@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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District State Elected Officials
36 Hon. Ryan Fazio, State Senator ryanfazio@gmail.com
125 Hon. Tom O'Dea, State Representative thomaspodeajr@gmail.com
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State Central Representatives
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*District Leader