Erin Stewart

Erin E. Stewart, 40th Mayor of New Britain, CT

Erin Stewart is the 40th mayor of New Britain, Connecticut.[1] She was elected on November 5, 2013.[2] She is currently the youngest serving female mayor in the United States.[3] Stewart, who describes herself as a fiscal conservative and social moderate, beat Democratic incumbent Tim O'Brien, having received 55 percent of the vote in city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 6-1.[4][5]

Stewart was born May 4, 1987 in New Britain to Patricia (Badolato) and former New Britain mayor Timothy Stewart, who served the city from 2003-2011. Before becoming mayor, Stewart worked as a Legislative Aide in the Connecticut General Assembly.[6] Her uncle, Dominic J. Badolato, was first elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1954 and served for 22 years.

Education

Stewart graduated from New Britain High School in 2005, after which she attended Central Connecticut State University. In 2009 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and a minor in communications.

In November 2011, Stewart was elected to the city’s Board of Education.

She headed the planning and budgeting subcommittee of New Britain’s Commission on Community and Neighborhood Development while serving as vice chairperson. She is also a Justice of the Peace.

Awards

In 2007, Stewart was the recipient of the greater New Britain YWCA's Women in Leadership award for her work with the CT Breast Health Initiative. In 2013, she received the Women in Leadership award from the State Republican Party. Connecticut Magazine also honored her in 2014 as one of the state’s “Top 40 under 40.” [7]

Stewart has a monthly television show called "Around New Britain with Mayor Stewart" that airs on Nutmeg Television. It is also available on YouTube.[8]


References

  1. ↑ http://redalertpolitics.com/thirty-under-thirty/erin-stewart/
  2. ↑ Kirby, Amy (2014). Legendary Locals of New Britain.
  3. ↑ http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/erin-stewart-mayor-youngest-New-Britain/2015/01/26/id/620858/
  4. ↑ http://www.ctgop.org/2013/11/memo-2013-election-results/
  5. ↑ http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/erin-stewart-mayor-youngest-New-Britain/2015/01/26/id/620858/
  6. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=250198267&snapshotID=&authType=name&authToken=ouPa&trk=NUS-body-member-name&sl=NPU_REG%3B320048754-1423350501423-caff68eb88378de8f1879e1f58165277%3B-1%3Bactivity%3A5969877070761709568%3B7%3B0%3B
  7. ↑ http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/February-2014/40-Under-40/?cparticle=4
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGgQVwfhV3W80LD12iB0tUMW9Fk9lV9w7

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