Stonington Democratic Town Committee

09/14/2026

We need your help! Our friends at Shoreline Indivisible need help writing 2,000 postcards to voters in Montana, and we have just one week to get them done.

Postcards and stamps are ready for pickup at The Ditty Bag Market and Cafe, open every day from 9 AM to 4 PM. Please stop in, pick up a stack, and help us reach 2,000 voters!

09/14/2026

Join us Wednesday evenings to make some calls and help reach local voters.

We’ll be at the Democratic Headquarters in North Stonington from 6 to 8 PM. No experience is needed. We’ll get you set up and show you how it works.

Bring a phone and a laptop if you have one, and come for all or part of the evening.

Wednesday, 5 to 8 PM
Democratic Headquarters
240 Norwich Westerly Rd, North Stonington

09/10/2026

One more special guest is joining us Saturday: Governor Ned Lamont!

Governor Lamont plans to arrive around 5:15, so stick around for the last stretch of the Stonington Democrats' Annual Dockside Picnic. The silent auction closes at 5:15 too. Get your final bids in before then.

Saturday, September 12
3 to 6 PM
Water Street Landing, 192 Water Street, Stonington

09/09/2026

Phonebank with Joe de la Cruz Thursday evening!

Help Joe win the 18th Senate District by making calls to voters. We’ll have snacks, drinks, WiFi, and plenty of places to sit. Bring your phone plus a headset and laptop if you have one. We’ll get you set up and ready to go!

Thursday, September 10
6 to 8 PM
Regional Democratic Headquarters
240 Norwich-Westerly Road, North Stonington

Come for all or part of the evening.

09/08/2026

Look who's coming to the Dockside Picnic on Saturday! Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, Comptroller Sean Scanlon, Attorney General William Tong, and Congressman Joe Courtney.

Our local candidates will be there too: Bill Heughins, Rep. Aundré Bumgardner, Joe de la Cruz, and Beth Leamon.

Saturday, September 12, 3 to 6 p.m. at Water Street Landing, 192 Water Street. Burgers and dogs off the grill, tacos, Connecticut oysters, a silent auction, and live music. Speaking program at 4:00.

For more information see the Annual Dockside Picnic with the Stonington Democrats event.

09/07/2026

Joe de la Cruz spent 38 years in the sheet metal trade. Today is the holiday that exists for people like him.

SMART Local 40 since 1997. A certified welder who worked on Electric Boat projects. Four decades of getting up early and coming home tired.

Labor Day is not really about the long weekend. It exists because people who worked with their hands organized and asked for something better, and kept asking until it was written down. The eight hour day, the weekend, the idea that a job should not cost you your health.

Joe is running for State Senate in the 18th, and what he wants is not complicated. Raise the minimum wage. Protect paid family leave. Bring down what it costs to live here.

He has spent his whole working life on the other side of that conversation. He knows what the answer sounds like when it comes from someone who has never done the work.

Happy Labor Day from the Plainfield Democratic Town Committee.

Share this with someone who earned the day off.

Paid for by Plainfield Democratic Town Committee.
Approved by Joseph de la Cruz.

09/02/2026

Congratulations Aundré!

Proud to earn the endorsement of the CT Working Families Party!🌹

This November, I’ll appear on both the Democratic and WFP ballot lines.

Working people should be able to afford to live, raise a family, and build a future in the communities they call home. That’s why I fight to lower costs, strengthen our public schools, create good union jobs, protect our environment, and cut your electric bill.

I’m grateful to have CT Working Families by my side as we keep delivering for Groton, Mystic, and Stonington.

08/31/2026

You don't have to go far in the 43rd District to see how important farming still is to our communities.

Across North Stonington, Stonington, and Ledyard, local farms are part of the landscape and part of our local economy. The same is true of the fishermen, shellfish growers, and other local food producers who make their living here.

These are often small businesses and family operations, and the decisions made in Hartford can have very real consequences for them. I believe the people doing this work should have a voice when those decisions are being made.

I’ll support our local farmers, fishermen, and food producers and make sure Hartford listens to the people who know this work firsthand.