Mary Glassman for Connecticut

Mary Glassman’s exploratory campaign (www.MaryForCT.com) today announced that any eventual Glassman Gubernatorial campaign would abide by the state’s public financing provisions.
Said Glassman, “Our next Governor is going to need to stand up to the demands of the special interests, and making creating jobs task #1.  Rejecting special interest money and entering the Governor’s office owing nothing to campaign donors is going to be vital to that task.  And that’s the way I intend to do it.”
In 2006, Glassman won a surprise grassroots victory to become the Democratic Party’s 2006 Lieutenant Governor nominee. As Simsbury’s first Democratic First Selectman in 40 years, she created jobs, balanced the town’s budget, and improved regional co-operation.  Now in her sixth term, she last won re-election nearly seventy percent of the vote in a heavily Republican-leaning town.
Glassman is running to create jobs, get control of the state budget, fix Connecticut's crumbling infrastructure, reduce soaring health care costs, and finally put in place a statewide long-term economic plan and vision.
“Connecticut families deserve a Governor with an ambitious agenda that will put their needs first, and business as usual last.  Running under a public financing system means I need to work a little harder.  But I’ve never been afraid of a little hard work, particularly if it means we can build a grassroots campaign that will truly bring about a new way to get Connecticut working.”

Connecticut's Citizen's Election Program put in place the country's most stringent campaign finance laws. Candidates running under the system are prohibited from accepting contributions from lobbyists and state contractors-- along with their families-- thereby eliminating influence from special interests in Hartford.