I ran as a Green for State Senate. District: District 33 State: Connecticut Election Day: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Election Results: Not Elected
About Colin Bennett
Job History:
Colin Bennett, the 2008 Green Party candidate for State Senate in the 33rd District, is running on a platform of environmental protection, education, and election reform. If elected Colin promises to do his best to ensure that every person in the 33rd District has a voice, not every corporation or special interest group.
Colin is a Justice of the Peace in Westbrook and has run twice previously for State Senate, as well as for Board of Education in Westbrook. He is the clean energy organizer for Clean Water Action and assistant district manager for the Climate Project.
Colin's community service includes the following: member of the Westbrook Forest Commission, Marine Science Technician in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, founder and president of the Great Land Conservation Trust, Inc., outreach coordinator for the Environmental Futurists at Southern Connecticut State University, volunteer with the Westbrook Fire Department, teacher at Saint Mary's School in New London, and advisor for the Saint Bernard High School Environmental Club in Uncasville. Colin has a degree in Environmental Education from SCSU and has received training from many environmental groups including the Student Environmental Action Coalition, the Sierra Student Coalition, and The Climate Campaign.
Important Issues:
Require energy audits on all new construction contracts to save money and stop global warming
Enact Single-Payer Universal Health Care for overall savings on state health expenditures
Thank you.
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