Democrats Serve endorses Hayes in competitive Fifth District race
Patch reported on Democrats Serve PAC’s endorsement of Jahana Hayes for Congress in Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District (CT-05).
Here’s an excerpt:
“Democrats Serve has endorsed Jahana Hayes (D-5) of Wolcott in her rematch with Republican former state Sen. George Logan of Meriden in the sprawling Fifth Congressional District. The organization also had backed Hayes in 2022 when she defeated Logan by a scant 2,000 votes.”
“Democrats Serve – which was founded by former Milford Board of Alderman member Brett Broesder - has a hybrid structure in which it is both a traditional Political Action Committee (PAC) and a Super PAC.”
“In a phone interview with Patch.com, Broesder said since being established in May 2021 Democrats Serve has raised and spent more than $1 million to assist Democratic candidates. The roster is comprised of civil/public service professionals - firefighters, teachers, police officers, judges, prosecutors, public defenders and health care workers.
It has a list of congressional incumbents and challengers that it is endorsing across the country in 2024. Last year Democrats Serve backed Gabe Amo, a former staff member to President Joe Biden and former Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District. He won against a large field in the primary and then easily prevailed in the November special election.
Broesder said in a 2021 interview with Patch.com that he had been concerned that there were promising candidates for elected office who wouldn’t take the step because of the challenges related to fund-raising and balancing the demands of being an elected official and still maintaining a vibrant personal life.
“Public service people connect with independent voters,” commented Broesder in 2021. “Many of these jobs have strong community ties. These people interact with people on the ground day to day.
Broesder, who has been an online campaign advisor to Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Greenwich), said in the recent phone interview that about 70 percent of Democrats Serve’s endorsed candidates have won over the last three years. In 2021 it had a 28-0 record on a roster that included Caroline Simmons, who was elected as mayor Stamford.”
“Democrats Serve also has endorsed the other members of the Connecticut congressional delegation that will be on the ballot in November – U.S. Reps. John Larson of (D-1) of East Hartford, Joe Courtney (D-2) of Vernon, Rose DeLauro (D-3) of New Haven, Jim Himes (D-4) of Greenwich, and Murphy.”