Message From the Chairman
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the New Canaan Republican Town Committee’s website. Our mission is to recruit and support qualified Republicans to serve in the best interest of all New Canaan residents. The New Canaan Republican Town Committee has been instrumental in identifying candidates who have helped shape our town into what it is today.
Our Republican leadership in New Canaan has continued to maintain low taxes and fight for local control while providing one of the best school systems in Connecticut and supporting our seniors.
We have a track record of tremendous success, and we could not have achieved this success without our many volunteers and supporters. There are plenty of ways to volunteer to help keep New Canaan a great place to raise a family and retire. Please let us know if you have an interest supporting our Republican candidates or in serving on one of the town’s Boards or Commissions.
Chris Wilson, Chair
Get involved!
The RTC Chairman is always looking for new volunteers for endorsement by the Committee to serve in appointed positions on various town boards and commissions, and also volunteers who may wish to serve as a member of the RTC. Email Chris Wilson at chairman@newcanaanrepublicans.org.
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Gene Goodman, Treasurer,
327 Old Norwalk Rd,
New Canaan, CT 06840
Next Monthly Meeting, Monday, March 25, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the New Canaan Town Hall
The New Canaan Republican Town Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 PM on Monday, March 25. The RTC will be meeting this month in the Town Meeting Room in the New Canaan Town Hall. The meeting is open to all registered New Canaan Republicans.
NC RTC Caucus, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM in the Wagner Room at the New Canaan High School
UPDATE: NCHS is closed due to snow
The New Canaan Republican Town Committee will hold its bi-annual caucus to select its members for the March 2024-March 2026 term. The caucus will take place at 7:30 PM on Tuesday, January 16 in the Wagner Room at the New Canaan High School. Twenty four candidates will be competing for twenty three positions. This event is open to all registered New Canaan Republicans.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Notice is hereby given to all enrolled Republican electors that a Caucus will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 in the Wagner Room of the New Canaan High School, 11 Farm Rd, New Canaan, Connecticut, for the purpose of voting to endorse candidates for membership on the New Canaan Republican Town Committee (RTC) for a two-year term of office from March 2024 to March 2026 and to act on such other matters as may properly come before the Caucus. All New Canaan registered Republicans are welcome to attend and vote to endorse candidates.
Pursuant to Party Rules, each candidate seeking endorsement by the Caucus must have filed a petition of candidacy signed by at least twenty-five (25) enrolled Republicans residing in New Canaan, Connecticut by the published December 29, 2023 petition deadline. Party Rules exclude all other forms of nomination.
The following twenty-four (24) Republicans, registered and residing in New Canaan, Connecticut, have filed timely petitions of candidacy signed by at least twenty-five (25) Republican electors.
Cristina Aguirre-Ross 300 Lost District Dr
Jonathan Cheng 226 Buttery Rd
Samantha Davids 262 Lukes Wood Rd
Francesca Donafrio 571 Cheese Spring Rd
Jeff Ferris 29 Pequot Lane
Gene Goodman 327 Old Norwalk Rd
Jake Granito 99 Woodridge Drive
Matt Guadagno 108 Gerdes Rd
Jill Guzzetti 29 Myanos Rd
Melany Hearne 82 Arrowhead Trail
Bill Heyn 197 Bridle Path Rd
Carras Holmstead 45 Lukes Wood Rd
John Kriz 1370 Ponus Ridge
Dan Lagattuta 78 Brooks Rd
Robert Mantilia 115 Putnam Rd
Joe Miller 792 N. Wilton Rd
James O’Hora 382 White Oak Shade Rd
Sandra Rose 20 Prospect Place
Jan Schaefer 581 Laurel Rd
Brittney Singer 296 Main Street
Kate Sylvester 960 Silvermine Rd
Jeremy Thompson 6 Ledge Rd
Chris Wilson 176 Michigan Rd
James Yao 136 Weed Street
Party Rules state that the RTC shall consist of no more than twenty (23) members. The Caucus Room will be open at 7:00 p.m. to allow time for the Registrar to verify the status of each enrolled Republican seeking to be part of the Caucus body.
Congratulations to Our 2023 Local Republican Slate
New Canaan Republic candidates won all the seats in which they were allowed to compete:
First Selectman – Dionna Carlson
Selectman – Steve Karl
Town Clerk – Claudia Weber
Treasurer – Andrew Brooks
Town Council – Cristina Aguirre-Ross, Michael Mauro,, Maria Naughton, and Eric Thunem
Board of Education – Hugo Alves, Matt Campbell, Lara Kelly, and Matt Wexler
Constables – Francisco Alberto Gonazlez, Jill Guzzetti, Bob Naughton, and Greg Pepe,
Board of Assessment Appeals – Tony Calanca and Kevin McIntosh