Martha Marx

SENATOR MARX VOTES FOR A NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, AN EARLIER PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DATE

HARTFORD – In a special session of the General Assembly held today, state Senator Martha Marx (D-New London) voted to approve Attorney Nora Dannehy for a seat on the Connecticut State Supreme Court and to move Connecticut’s presidential primary date up four weeks from April 30 to April 2.

“The actions the Senate took today will play important roles in supporting the people of Connecticut,” said Sen. Marx. “I’m proud to vote in support of Attorney Dannehy, who has a long record of supporting the people of Connecticut in federal and state roles for decades with a strong moral center. I’m also encouraged that moving up the state’s primary election for the Presidency will bring more attention and increase the importance of Connecticut’s electoral votes, therefore helping give more attention and support to state residents casting ballots.”

Attorney Dannehy is being named to fill the seat most recently held by the Honorable Maria Araújo Kahn, who resigned earlier this year after being confirmed to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Attorney Dannehy earned a B.A. in political science and French from Wellesley College, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She has served in several roles with the U.S. Department of Justice, as Connecticut’s Deputy Attorney General, as Associate General Counsel for Global Ethics and Compliance for United Technologies Corporation, as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney, and as General Counsel to Governor Lamont from 2021 until January 2023.

The change in Connecticut’s presidential primary date will align us with presidential primary dates in New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Delaware and could give Connecticut more influence in helping determine the ultimate nominees for the general election.