State Senator
Mae Flexer
Deputy President Pro Tempore & Federal Relations Liaison
An Advocate for Us
- Representing
- Brooklyn,
- Canterbury,
- Killingly,
- Mansfield,
- Pomfret,
- Putnam,
- Scotland,
- Thompson,
- Windham
Democratic state lawmakers vowed Tuesday to oppose Republican efforts to strike the Citizens’ Election Program from the state budget, warning that dismantling a program that offers public money to campaigns would move the state backward in ethics in politics.
“This system is a model for the nation, and it was put in place after a terrible corruption scandal that put Connecticut on the map for all the wrong reasons,” said Democratic state Sen. Mae Flexer, of Killingly, who co-chairs the government administration and elections committee.
Read the full article at the Hartford Courant.