Duff endorsed for State House race

BETHEL — State Rep. Will Duff, R—Bethel, recently earned a unanimous endorsement to run again to represent State House District 2.

Duff, a Bethel resident, is serving his first term as representative for the district, which includes the majority of Bethel and portions of Danbury, Redding and Newtown.

Duff said in a release he was grateful to the delegates who supported him last week at a meeting at Bethel town hall.

“It is an enormous responsibility to serve all residents and the needs of our community,” Duff said. “I work every day to make sure the people of Bethel, Danbury, Redding and Newtown don’t get pushed out of the conversation. In this age of political bickering, I have brought a new positive prospective to the State Capitol, voting for two bi-partisan state budget agreements that both sides compromised to achieve.”

Duff said he is proud to have helped defeat several proposals to add tolls on the highways and to have supported plans to phase out the state income tax on Social Security and pensions.

“We must stabilize and grow state revenues organically, reversing the outward migration of people, employers and jobs, so our state can get a piece of the nation’s modest economic recovery,” Duff said. “A vote for Will Duff is a vote to send a message that we must end this destructive cycle and start healing Connecticut by balancing budgets without raising taxes, cutting education and cutting core services to our state’s most vulnerable.”

Duff serves on the Higher Education and Advancement, Energy and Technology, and Banking Committees.