Mary L. Sanders
Green Party · CT
Self-employed nonprofit consultant and former executive director of the Spanish Speaking Center of New Britain who has run adult-education and workforce programs. The Green Party of Connecticut candidate campaigns on peace, social and environmental justice, and community-based economics.
Where Mary L. Sanders stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Wrote to the legislature's Environment Committee supporting a ban on some polystyrene foam products (S.B. 118). She asked that a plastics bill (S.B. 115) drop language counting plastic-to-fuel conversion as recycling.
February 25, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cga.ct.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
As executive director of the Spanish Speaking Center of New Britain, submitted testimony supporting S.B. 31 to keep state funding for legal aid to low-income residents.
March 10, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: cga.ct.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Testified in support of the PROTECT Act (S.B. 1059), a bill to limit solitary confinement and harsh treatment of Connecticut prisoners. She drew on her job-training work with people leaving prison.
March 22, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: cga.ct.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
As executive director of the Spanish Speaking Center of New Britain, submitted testimony supporting S.B. 31 to keep state funding for legal aid to low-income residents.
March 10, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: cga.ct.gov
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Received 6,768 votes (2.0%) on the Green Party line in the November 5, 2024 general election for Connecticut's 1st Congressional District. She finished third behind Rep. John Larson, who won with 208,649 votes, and Republican Jim Griffin.
November 5, 2024
Source: portal.ct.gov
Past race Mary L. Sanders ran in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 1, Connecticut