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 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 03/15/2022)
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District 1
Marty Bell
Peter Bayer
Lisa Hartmann
Patrizia Zucaro
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
JayDesMarteau
Lorraine Wetmore
Timothy Wetmore
District 5
Thomas C. Bloch
Judith Domkowski
Charles Haberstroh
Andres Marmelo*
Neil Wessan
District 6
Karl Merganthaler
Ed Iannone
Steve Violette
District 7
Peter Anstett
Brandi Briggs
Jon Olefson
Sue Staub
Pete Wolgast
District 8
Jim Campbell
Thomas Lasersohn
Tammy Pincavage
Michael Valante
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
James Foster, Vice-Chair, Board of Finance fosterjim4@gmail.com
Michael Keller, Board of Finance michaelkeller20@gmail.com
Jay DesMarteau, Board of Finance jay.desmarteau@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
Tom Hood, Zoning Board of Appeals thood6789@gmail.com
Michelle Hopson, Zoning Board of Appeals Alt. michellehopson@gmail.com
Joseph Sledge, Chair, 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
District State Elected Officials
28 Hon. Tony Hwang, State Senator thwang@optonline.net
36 Hon. Ryan Fazio, State Senator ryanfazio@gmail.com
125 Hon. Tom O'Dea, State Representative thomaspodeajr@gmail.com
149 Hon. Kimberly Fiorello, State Representative Ksfiorello@me.com
State Central Representative
Will Duff (26)
Annalisa Stravato (26)
*District Leader